Word Power Made Easy: The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary

What is done by most people and what can be done under proper guidance and motivation are two very, very different things—as scientific experiments have conclusively shown. Knowledge, however, is gained largely through words. Modern grammar research reports that these expressions have become universal in educated speech. Pronounced MŌ′-dƏs op′-Ə-RAN′-dī, the word is not, of course, restricted to the special methods used by a criminal, but may refer to the method or style of operating characteristic of any other professional.