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Roget's Super Thesaurus

by Mark McClutcheon · 1995

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With more than 400,000 words, including 2,000+ new and expanded entries, Roget's Superthesaurus offers more features than any other word reference on the market.

Themes
writerswritersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglischEnglischMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 672 pages

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