Recover Edition Preface
Opening Remarks: Developing a Mature Vocabulary is Necessary

Chapter 1.
This is why vocabulary is important

1.
Why Books Don't Stick to Your Head
2.
Should I keep reading a book I don't understand?
3.
What Happens When Your Vocabulary Is Lacked
4.
The limits of language are the limits of imagination and perception.
5.
My world is as small or as big as the limits of language.
6.
Vocabulary decreases with inertia and increases with interest.
7.
Custom words to reduce side narratives
8.
Vocabulary, ability to control emotions with dignity
9.
Vocabulary is the sum total of words you have experienced.

Chapter 2.
Essentials for building vocabulary

1.
Accept that you may not understand each other.
2.
Understand the importance of linguistic intuition
3.
Distinguish between words used for objects and words used for people.
4.
Beware of forces that seek to exploit differences.
5.
Learn spelling and basic grammar first.
6.
Trust the power of words over mind control
7.
Recognize that your words affect the feelings of others.
8.
Empathy is the key to developing vocabulary.
9.
Words that can awaken the soul
10.
I thought it was a dialect, but it's actually Korean with a good flavor.

Chapter 3.
Ways to Build Your Vocabulary

1.
Get the hang of it
2.
Basic tips for writing easily
3.
Turn modifiers into verbs
4.
The first thing that comes to mind is to be full of thoughts.
5.
Practice making a frame
6.
Learn to write basic sentences fluently.
7.
Sentence collection and transcription
8.
Making good use of data and evidence
9.
Developing the power to create arguments
10.
Texts and lyrics that can be used to learn irregularities
11.
Reading books that develop perspective
12.
Practice reading context

Chapter 4.
The joy of encountering vocabulary

1.
Breaking free from fixed definitions can expand your vocabulary.
2.
You can expand your vocabulary by reviewing and savoring words.
3.
Expand your vocabulary and thinking skills by starting with phonemes.
4.
Why AI Will Never Surpass Human Vocabulary
5.
Start with questions to expand your vocabulary and thinking skills.

[150,000 copies commemorative hardcover edition]
Includes a special preface by author Yoo Seon-gyeong & a printed and signed copy

“A book that provides insight into a new way of perceiving the world through vocabulary!”
150 consecutive weeks of humanities bestseller
Cumulative publication exceeds 50 editions
Best-selling books on 'vocabulary' and 'literacy'
Books recommended by announcer Lee Geum-hee on the broadcast "Northern Europe with Carrier"
YES24 Book of the Year (2020)

To those who express all their emotions with 'Wow' and 'Amazing'
I recommend this book!

Reading, writing, speaking, empathy, and communication skills all come from vocabulary!
Now, why we need to focus on vocabulary again!

“Oh, what was it?
“I suddenly can’t think of a word.”
“Even when I read a book, I don’t really understand the meaning and I can’t concentrate!”
“I worry because I often feel uncomfortable communicating with people.”
“Every time I have to write at school or work, I get scared.”

Did you know that such common and everyday situations may be due to vocabulary?
Yes, that's right.
All of this discomfort, sometimes attributed to age, sometimes to personality, and sometimes to learning ability, may actually be a vocabulary problem.
In Korea, 'adults' generally do not make the effort to memorize vocabulary or develop their vocabulary after graduating from high school.
Since it is our native language that we see, hear, read, write, and speak every day, it is not easy to realize that the inconveniences we experience in our daily lives are due to a lack of vocabulary in our native language.
Writer Yoo Seon-gyeong has been writing every day for over 30 years, has been writing for radio broadcasts since 1993, and is an avid reader who reads more than five books a week. Through writing, reading, and meeting people, she has come to realize that a lack of vocabulary is not simply a problem with Korean language skills, but rather a huge inconvenience in daily life.
And I wrote this book out of a desperate need for a new perspective on the usefulness of vocabulary.

If you suddenly can't remember a word, it may not be a memory problem but a vocabulary problem.
If you have trouble grasping the meaning and nuance of certain words or texts, it may not be due to a lack of tact, but rather a lack of vocabulary.
If you say something that is strangely annoying, it may not be because you lack humanity, but because you lack vocabulary.
If you have trouble understanding what others are saying, you need to consider whether it's a problem with your vocabulary rather than a lack of communication skills.
If you experience these problems repeatedly, you will become psychologically discouraged and lose confidence in expressing your thoughts, emotions, and feelings, whether verbally or in writing.
If it becomes a daily routine to not think, organize, and express your thoughts and feelings in words, you will not be able to understand your own thoughts or feelings.
They lack confidence in their own thoughts, and sometimes this can manifest as aggressive behavior depending on the person.

“Vocabulary is the power that connects people and the perspective from which they view objects and things. Developing vocabulary means developing this power and perspective.
At the same time, it is important to understand that your words can affect the feelings of others.
“That’s what it means to have an ‘adult’ vocabulary.”

Author Yoo Seon-gyeong says that the vocabulary needed by adults is not simply knowing a large number of words or being able to speak well.
It is more important to know words well and use them appropriately, and it is said that increasing vocabulary is the power to correctly understand the world, the ability to control one's emotions with dignity, the ability to increase empathy and communication skills, and the cultivation of humanities knowledge.
"Adult Vocabulary" is filled with the linguistic pleasure of examining and savoring words, the joy of expressing one's thoughts and feelings with appropriate vocabulary, the excitement of awakening new perspectives on objects and things, and the thrill of touching the hearts of others.
Furthermore, the author carefully selects both familiar and unfamiliar vocabulary, so that just by reading this book, you can experience the thrill of discovering countless words you hadn't noticed before.
In particular, through dictionary definitions of words encountered in over 270 annotations, you will experience firsthand how the meaning and nuance of words change when placed together with other words in a sentence, and develop the ability to understand context.
Let's also take a look at 12 ways to improve your vocabulary, filled with the author's know-how.
I recommend "Adult Vocabulary" right now to everyone: those who want to express their thoughts persuasively, those who are interested in reading and writing, office workers who find presentations and meetings burdensome, job seekers about to enter the workforce, and even college students worried about writing reports, assignments, and self-introductions.

“My world is as small or as big as the limits of language!”
12 Ways to Build Your Adult Vocabulary

Chapter 1 explores the importance and various meanings of vocabulary that we often overlook in our daily lives.
Chapter 2 discusses the mindset that adults must have before acquiring the skills to build vocabulary.
You will learn how your perspective on objects and things is directly linked to your vocabulary.
Chapter 3 covers ways to build your vocabulary.
Since vocabulary cannot be separated from sentence structure, the author explains it in connection with writing.
Finally, Chapter 4 provides a practical example of how wondering about and savoring a single word can expand vocabulary and expand thinking skills.
If you read comfortably as if you were reading prose containing the author's perspective, you will become sensitive to vocabulary according to the situation and learn how to choose words appropriately.
Let's pay special attention to the 12 ways to improve vocabulary recommended by the author.
In addition to increasing vocabulary and reading extensively, which everyone is familiar with, it presents various specific methods, such as how to understand the taste of words, which is just as important as the meaning of words, basic writing tips to increase vocabulary, how to properly select and use modifiers, how to write basic sentences, how to create the structure of writing that is essential for selecting appropriate vocabulary, how to use materials, how to develop the ability to create arguments, practice reading in context rather than text, and reading books to develop perspectives.