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Articles from April, 2012
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Unsinkable Vocabulary: Words for the Titanic Centennial
This weekend marks the one hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, so let's commemorate the occasion by looking back on some words and phrases that were particularly associated with the maritime disaster.
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Ten Words from NY Times History
Ten Words from NY Times History
On this day in history, NY Times writers reported on preparations for the Civil War, which would break out the following day. Learn ten words they used in Ten Words from NY Times History - April 11, 1861.
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"Hunger Games" Vocabulary Lists
"Hunger Games" Vocabulary Lists
Are you Team Movie or Team Book? Either way, Vocabulary.com has a Hunger Games Vocabulary List that’s right for you.
Bibliophiles, learn "The Hunger Games" Vocabulary from Chapter 1. Cinephiles, try words from the New York Times review of the film, "Tested by a Picturesque Dystopia".
Under the HoodThe science of vocabulary building
Can Forgetting Help You Learn?
Here's hope for when your brain feels like a seive
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Ten Words from Today's NY Times
Ten Words from Today's NY Times
Take on Ten Words from Today's Times - April 4, 2012.
Then see Vocabulary Begets Vocabulary: The More You Know, the More You Learn to understand why learning these words will help you absorb even more as you read.
Some writing students are taught that there is a four letter word that they should avoid using in their writing: S-A-I-D. They are cautioned that if they repeat the use of said (or say) for attributing quotes or for introducing dialogue, that this repetition will bog down their writing and bore their readers.
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