Olsen, David

Roget's thesaurus of words for writers

over 2,300 emotive, evocative, descriptive synonyms, antonyms, & related terms every writer should know

1500 Essential Words

1994

1500 essential words every educated person should be able to use and define.

1200 essential words every educated person should be able to use and define

1991

Contains a list of 120 alphabetically arranged common English words, including a definitions, and examples of how they should be used in a sentence.