Vocabulary.com Blog
Articles from January, 2016
If you've been keeping your head down, just doing your job and paying the bills, it may have escaped your notice that we live in exciting times. Yes, really! We're excited about things! We're excited by things! We're excited to do things! And, increasingly, we're excited for things, events, and experiences.
Continue reading...
Announcements
Step Aside, SportsCenter! Make Way for the Vocabulary Bowl Update
Introducing the Vocabulary Bowl "Top 20 Round Up" telecast.
We're introducing the monthly Vocabulary Bowl "Top 20 Round Up," in which our team of intrepid vocab-casters call out the achievements of middle and high schools making names for themselves on the national and state leaderboards.
Continue reading...
Anything objective sticks to the facts, but anything subjective has feelings. Objective and subjective are opposites. Objective: It is raining. Subjective: I love the rain!
Continue reading...
Announcements
The Third Annual Vocab Video Contest for Students!
It's time for your 15 *seconds* of fame!
For the third year, Vocabulary.com is partnering with the New York Times Learning Network for our annual 15-second Vocabulary Video Contest for students.
Continue reading...
Topics:
Vocabulary.com News
A hero is the firefighter who pulls you out of a burning car. The protagonist is the main character in the story you write about it.
Continue reading...
Announcements
Announcing the Vocabulary.com SAT Roadmap
Whether you're a student, teacher, or parent, we have guidance on new SAT vocabulary.
The SAT has been significantly revamped, and its old approach to vocabulary is a thing of the past. But students and teachers need not worry, as Vocabulary.com has prepared useful resources that provide a clear roadmap to get ready for the new test, which is being rolled out on March 5th, 2016.
Continue reading...
Topics:
Vocabulary.com News
If you're nervous about being among the first students to take the new SAT, fret no more! Follow this roadmap and your vocabulary will be up to snuff by the time you sharpen your number 2 pencil on test day. (Content updated in 2019.)
Continue reading...
Sign up now (it’s free!)
Whether you’re a teacher or a learner,
Vocabulary.com can put you or your class
on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.