We at Vocabulary.com are very excited to announce some great new improvements we're rolling out for making vocabulary lists. Vocabulary lists were already a popular feature of the site, and with these changes we're confident that the experience of exploring and making lists will be better than ever. Continue reading...
Yes, it's time for that annual tradition: picking the words and phrases that best define the past year. Did occupy occupy your attention? Were you talking about tiger moms or tiger blood? Or were you paralyzed by the condition known as FOMO (fear of missing out)? Continue reading...
It's been a long winter... Could your students use some fun? Learn how you can compete with schools across the country in an exciting, educational vocabulary challenge. Continue reading...
Our List of the Week comes from teacher request for a list based on vocabulary from David Almond's Skellig, an award-winning and compelling children's novel adapted for the stage, the opera, and film. Continue reading...
What sounds do you make when words fail? A garbled stutter? A whistle? Or is there just the resounding bump of your jaw hitting the floor? Turns out, there are words to capture the wordless shock we experience when we're confronted by mess, noise, violence, or otherwise sticky situations. They're linked by sound: repeated syllables and long vowels that are onomatopoeically evocative of the sounds that come out of our mouths when our brains are overwhelmed. Continue reading...
These ready-made resources are designed to make teaching poetry easier for you, and reading poetry more meaningful for your students. Continue reading...
While the mullet haircut takes us back in time, the word itself should not. Mullet was coined in the 1300s to refer to fish; the word's earliest use as a hairstyle name did not appear in print until 1994, when the Beastie Boys' "Mullet" "had a little story to tell/About a hair style that's way of life." Continue reading...
With only two months to go this season, schools across the map are hitting their stride in the Vocab Bowl. Where does your school stack up on the leaderboards? Check out the latest highlights and shoutouts. Continue reading...
The 2016 Summer Olympics will begin this August. Learning some of the lingo of these sports can let you into the athlete's world just a little bit, even if you have terrible balance or can barely tread water. Continue reading...