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Articles from September, 2012
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An SAT Tutor on Using the Vocabulary.com Challenge
Vocabularian Claudia Gwardyak is an SAT tutor working in the Hartford, Connecticut area. Here, she talks with Vocabulary.com about her tutoring challenges, and how using the Vocabulary.com Challenge helps her students prepare for the SAT.
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Ten Words from Today's NY Times - September 12, 2012
Ten Words from Today's NY Times - September 12, 2012
Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - September 12, 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.
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Lists of the Week: Churchill, Roosevelt, and Dred Scott
New for Social Studies
Social Studies teachers, take note: we've just posted three new Vocabulary Lists from primary source documents.
Visit the Vocabulary Lists page on our website to find more!
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Journalists writing about performers and athletes often use the word "journeyman." But Merrill Perlman, who writes the "Language Corner" column for Columbia Journalism Review, has a word of warning: "While it's OK to call an experienced person a 'journeyman,' beware: The word can imply 'undistinguished,' or worse."
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