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Vocabulary.com will join the New York Times Learning Network in a summer reading kickoff on Thursday June 7. Together with a host of terrific organizations, we will be tweeting the hashtag #SummerReading to all our Twitter followers, and letting the world know: The Summer Reading (and consequent vocabulary absorption) Season is here. Join us by tweeting your summer reading plans as well! Continue reading...

In a piece out in The Atlantic today, "The Case for SAT Words: High-schoolers should know what 'unscrupulous' means," journalist and SAT tutor James S. Murphy quotes Vocabulary.com head of curriculum development Georgia Scurletis and executive producer Ben Zimmer. Continue reading...

Anything faint is barely there, but a feint is a fake out. If your understanding of these words is still somewhat faint, never fear! Just keep reading... Continue reading...

Students around the country can take part in a new, nationwide challenge: the Vocabulary Bowl, a competition in which schools vie to see who can master the most words and come out on top of the yearlong Vocabulary.com leaderboard for the 2014-15 school year. Continue reading...

It's mind-boggling that many people who profess to love language have bizarre, backwards ideas about it based on superstition and hokum. Educated folks who mock evolution-deniers have no problem believing equally unsupported ideas about language—such as "English is worse than ever!" and "Words shouldn't change!" Continue reading...

Presidents' speeches — and vocabulary choices — set the tone of their eras. Here at Vocabulary.com, we're in the business of preserving them through a series of lists drawn from some of the most well-known presidential speeches. Celebrate Presidents' Day today by trolling through the collection, or, for Presidents' Day purists, learn lists consisting exclusively of Washington's or Lincoln's words. Continue reading...

Learn the correct form of these similar-sounding phrases, and how to use it. Continue reading...

A great back-to-school season starts now! Keep students on track during the break with Vocabulary.com so they'll be ready to go this fall. Continue reading...