A desert is a hot and dry place like the Sahara, but add an s and some whipped cream and you have a dessert, a sweet treat to eat. Dessert has two s's because you always want two. (If you prefer two arid ecosystems, that's on you.) Continue reading...
Here's our shortlist of books to read with your students before, during, and after Black History Month, each paired with a ready-made vocab list. Continue reading...
National Hat Day is this month. Here's a collection of fashionable, practical, and unusual words for hats, hoods, and other headgear. Continue reading...
If you can't say anything nice (or know someone who fits that description), read this column! The lexicon of beastliness is as sweet as the boors themselves are bitter. Continue reading...
Here at Vocabulary.com, there's nothing we enjoy more than when kids get fired up about vocabulary improvement. As you'll see in this video, that's exactly what happens when students compete in a Vocabulary Jam. Continue reading...