Kaywood's New 500 Intelligent Words and Definitions Dictionary: A Must for Students, Writers, and Public Speakers »

This new Parallel View Publishing paperback is the incipient of dictionaries where the words selected are palpable; in that they are words the editor observed were used most often by professionals in a variety of fields. The words contained in this dictionary are words immutably accepted and perceived by the masses as intelligent sounding words.
Just in case you may think words aren't important. When Professor, award-winning author, and public speaker; Michael Dyson was asked by a CNN reporter, what was the key to his success; he simply answered by saying; "it was my vocabulary." In other words; it was his use of intelligent words that was crucial to his success.
What must be understood is serendipity is not at play here. You cannot accidentally discover these words and achieve success; you have to approach this dictionary as if you were reading a fiction or non-fiction book ? to the point that these words become a part of your vocabulary.