Charles Harrington Elster
Verbal Advantage [CD05]: Level 03
1999
speech

#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Level 3 / The Dictionary Habit 16:53
2 03.01: DEFRAY (di-FRAY) 1:01
3 03.02: TACITURN (TAS-[i]-turn) 1:17
4 03.03: TERSE (rhymes with worse) 2:06
5 03.04: BOON (rhymes with "moon) 1:11
6 03.05: PROLETARIAT (PROH-luh-[TAIR]-ee-[i]t) 0:57
7 03.06: HETEROGENEOUS (HET-uh-roh-[JEE]-nee-[u]s) 1:30
8 03.07: PITTANCE (PIT-'ns) 0:39
9 03.08: GLIB (rhymes with "rib") 1:46
10 03.09: PENCHANT (PEN-ch[i]nt) 1:01
11 03.10: SOLICITOUS (suh-LIS-i-t[u]s) 1:08
12 03 (01-10): Yes or No? 3:12
13 A Dictum on Diction 7:36
14 03.11: CIRCUMSCRIBE (sur-k[u]m-SKRYB or SUR-k[u]m-skryb) 2:20
15 03.12: DEARTH (rhymes with earth) 1:11
16 03.13: INGRATIATING (in-[GRAY]-shee-AY-ting) 1:29
17 03.14: MERCENARY ([MUR]-suh-NER-ee) 1:08
18 03.15: EXTEMPORIZE (ek-STEM-puh-ryz) 1:08
19 03.16: ERUDITE (traditionally, [ER]-uh-DYT; now usually [ER]-yuh... 2:09
20 03.17: AUSTERE (aw-STEER) 0:50
21 03.18: LACONIC (luh-KAHN-ik) 2:37
22 03.19: AMELIORATE (uh-MEEL-yuh-rayt) 0:49
23 03.20: EXPUNGE (ek-SPUHNJ) 4:23
24 03 (11-20): True or False? 3:13
Total time 58:12