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  1. From this past Thursday's New York Times: "In case you haven't noticed, some of the most amusing and captivating writing in the city is being produced in the service of cheese." Check out our Vocabulary List "Words for Cheese" drawn from this cheese writing, and an earlier Vocabulary.com blog post "Cheese Words" for a quick primer on cheese vocabulary (and cheese itself). Continue reading...
  2. At a pep rally focused on academic achievement, about 500 students at New York City's High School for Public Service-Heroes of Tomorrow celebrated their Vocabulary.com monthly leaderboard win. Continue reading...
  3. Book Nook

    In this selection from Inside Words: Tools for Teaching Academic Vocabulary, Janet Allen presents a great instructional activity to make words come alive for students, encouraging them to see how vocabulary relates to real-world context. Continue reading...
  4. Some Super Bowls are a thrill to watch. Others, not so much. In a lopsided game, the play-by-play analysis and colorful commentary during the broadcast might even be more entertaining than the football. Here's a closer look at the language of a Super Bowl blowout. Continue reading...
  5. We are thrilled to present a list that has been popular here at Vocaublary.com for some time: The Vocabulary.com 1000--now, with example sentences!

    To create the Vocaublary.com Top 1000, we started with the words that give our users the most trouble and then carefully ranked them by how frequently they appear in our corpus of billions of words from edited sources. The result: A masterful Vocabulary List of words that are both difficult and common. You will see them in everyday academic and business writing; you will also see them on the SAT, ACT, GRE, and ToEFL. And now, the list includes example sentences from real world publications for every word.

    If you have time to study only one list of words, this is for you.

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  6. In honor of National Inventor's Day, here's our salute to the ingenious vocabulary of new ideas. Continue reading...
  7. County Leaderboards are the latest and greatest way get your students psyched to play, compete and learn in the Vocabulary Bowl. Imagine the taste of sweet victory, perhaps even redemption, when you come out ahead of nearby schools. And remember, everybody wins when the way you get to the top is learning. Continue reading...
  8. Where does your school stack up on the Vocab Bowl leaderboards? Check out the latest highlights and shoutouts. Continue reading...
  9. Cognitive psychologist Elizabeth S. Spelke believes that language is the key to human beings' capacity to combine various forms of intelligence such that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts––an inspiring insight for anyone set on building vocabulary. Continue reading...
  10. It's William Shakespeare's 450th birthday today. What better way to celebrate than with a whole host of learning resources focused on his words? Continue reading...
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