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Apposite's a word you don't hear every day. Meaning "fitting and relevant," it is derived from the Latin terms "appositus" and "apponere." "Ponere" means to place, and thus "apponere" is "well-placed or well-put." Continue reading...

Recently, an SAT tutor using Vocabulary.com told us that the greatest challenge most of us face when learning vocabulary is being fuzzy on words, "thinking we know what a word means, but when push comes to shove, discovering that we do not." Has this ever happened to you? Continue reading...

Last week, the website Science Daily reported on a recent study that suggested reading curricula in kindergarten classrooms is deficient. Beyond the simple dearth of words taught, the study criticized kindergarten curricula word complexity and lack of review, both crucial aspects of vocabulary learning at any age, and worth looking at more closely. Continue reading...

Celebrate the love and support fathers provide to their children with Words for Father's Day: What Fathers Do. Then learn words from Richard Wilbur's portrait of a father's feeling for his child here.

Finally, send both lists to your dad to let him know you care.

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When you kick off your curriculum with word learning, students are ready to take on any text. Here are our top tips for making the most of Vocabulary.com's resources. Continue reading...

How do you get kids, especially younger ones, aware of the importance of word learning? Through stories, of course. And there's no better place to start than with Debra Frasier's award-winning classic Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster. Continue reading...

Teachers and parents may drive themselves crazy with the thought that vocabulary learning among today's children is "not what it used to be." But one primary source document suggests that children a century ago found long words to be just as intimidating as they do now. Continue reading...

Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - April 18, 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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