The Vocabulary Bowl kicks off on October 1! Race to master the most words in the world's largest academic competition and watch your vocabulary grow like never before. Show off your linguistic learning, earn prestigious awards, and claim the championship title for ultimate bragging rights. Continue reading...
Last month, eighth graders at Correia Middle School in San Diego, CA answered more than 25,000 questions on Vocabulary.com, earning 5,325,175 points, mastering 1,632 words, and topping our school leaderboard for February 2013. Here, English teacher Deborah Ryles talks to Vocabulary.com about Correia's use of the site. Continue reading...
What's one of the fastest ways to dramatically alter your life, save your marriage, improve your golf game, bring about world peace, or finally start remembering to change the oil in your car? Deleting one all important word from your vocabulary. Continue reading...
With the Vocabulary.com Dictionary's "Add to List" feature, you can add words to your Vocabulary Lists or even create new ones. Here's how: Continue reading...
Teachers: Looking for creative ways to bring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and words to life? We're featuring eight MLK-focused learning resources to help you craft a lesson around his words. Continue reading...
As The New York Times wrote in an obituary for Pete Seeger, who died Monday, "folk music and a sense of community were inseparable, and where he saw a community, he saw the possibility of political action." Celebrate his legacy by learning vocabulary from his songs. Continue reading...
Teachers: How many times does this happen? You pass out copies of an engaging news story, assign your students to read it for homework, and then lead a spirited 10-minute discussion of the article at the beginning of class the next day. If your answer is "Not often enough," you are not alone. Continue reading...
While most of us view April 15th as the day the tax man cometh (and our income goeth), it marked a more auspicious occasion in 1755. That was the day Samuel Johnson published his massive two-volume, 42,773-word dictionary of the English language. Mim Harrison, founding editor of Levenger Press, takes a look back. Continue reading...
With Black Friday sales lower than last year, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journalare writing about our nation's increasing poverty via stories on debts we can't pay and demands from low-wage earners for more. Learn ten words drawn from these stories here. Continue reading...
When making a list, it can be tempting to pile on the words, as if the dictionary is a buffet table and you’re allowed only one pass. But this may not be the best approach. Continue reading...