Phenomenal! The Small Book of Big Words

by Jonathan Meres

Improve your vocabulary and impress your friends with this entertaining introduction to big words. Learn the meanings, usage and opposites of many big words from Abashed to Zenith.

DISCOMBOBULATED Pronounced ~ dis-com-bob-u-lated. Means ~ thrown into confusion. As in ~ the lion is discombobulated by the skateboarding wildebeest. And ~ my parents are discombobulated when I suddenly start speaking Swedish.* A bit like ~ befuddled, bamboozled. Don't confuse with ~ anything. If you like this word, try ~ nincompoop. * This won't make any sense if you are actually Swedish.

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books

Jonathan Meres

Jonathan Meres left school at the age of 16 to join the merchant navy and spent the next 7 years sailing around the world. Since then he has worked as an ice cream van driver and in Harrods, got a band together, appeared in a pop video and been a stand up comedian. He's won a Time Out Award for Comedy and been nominated for The Perrier Award at The Edinburgh Festival. He began writing full time in 1994: his bestselling World of Norm series is a comedy about a small boy whose life is very unfair...

http://www.jonathanmeres.co.uk/

Photo: Orchard Books

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