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Learn how our new, 8-week study program sets students up for success on test day. Continue reading...

Did you know that it's preseason for the Vocabulary Bowl? That means it's time to start thinking about the annual word-learning competition, which allows students at your school to compete among thousands of schools across North America for "word domination". Continue reading...

How can your school shift from perceiving vocabulary as an "English teacher's thing" to a value that pervades an entire school culture? Los Alamitos High School in southern California may have the answer: get creative! Continue reading...

Take a break from memorizing the first one hundred digits of pi (π) to brush up on these mathematical terms that appear frequently in other contexts, too. Continue reading...

Today is Shakespeare's birthday! In honor of the great bard, learn new, comprehensive lists of words from some of his best known plays. Continue reading...

Like stargazers pointing out particularly twinkly items seen in the night sky, we generally use this column to alert the world to shiny words we come across in our reading here. Today, we're pointing out a piece of writing without a single piece of vocabulary bling in it, a vocabulary-oriented achievement in its own right. Continue reading...

Expand your vocabulary and communicate more effectively with curated synonym lists designed to teach the subtle nuances of language. Continue reading...

Vocabulary.com user Sivabalan T. made a GRE study list based on Barron's 17th edition study guide: "GRE High Frequency Words."

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Educators love to talk about how important vocabulary is, but they are often at wits' end trying to figure out how to teach it effectively. Despite the overwhelming evidence that vocabulary knowledge matters to students' reading comprehension and overall achievement in school, it is rare that you will find schools or school districts implementing systematic vocabulary instruction. Continue reading...