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In a speech calling for "smarter" government, Obama used some pretty smart-sounding words. See how many you know by quizzing yourself on "Obama's 2013 State of the Union," a Vocabulary List of words from last night's speech. Continue reading...

Recently, science writer Annie Murphy wrote about "E-memory—electronic memory, the kind that's available on a computer" and "O-memory—organic memory, the old-fashioned sort that resides in the brain." Here's how that distinction can help us think about the way we learn words. Continue reading...

Last week, a thirteen-year old wrote about shrinking vocabulary for her mother's blog on Palo Alto online, in which she wondered if the existence of new words is to blame for a decrease in the average person's vocabulary. Are words like selfie crowding more worthy vocabulary from our brains? Continue reading...

If you are a principal or other school leader, here are some ways you can make vocabulary learning a priority at your school by getting students excited about playing the Vocabulary Bowl. Continue reading...

You don't have to be a news junkie to get addicted to the weekly Quick Current Events Vocab Quiz on Vocabulary.com. Here are six good reasons to make them a regular part of your vocabulary-learning practice. Continue reading...

On Wired Science, Brandom Keim has coined a new word: astrobioethics, "a branch of ethics involving the implications of life science in space." He's hoping his neologism will make it into the dictionaries some day. Continue reading...

Four thousand children in 37 cities and 15 states set a new Guinness World Record for "largest vocabulary lesson" last week, through a vocabulary-focused read aloud organized by PNC's "Grow Up Great" program. But even as educators rally to the "close the word gap" through high profile efforts such as this one, new research shows that the task may not be quite so clear as increasing the sheer number of words children hear. Continue reading...

A Vocabulary List called Joyously Unrestrained Words was created by Vocabulary.com community member Richard S. on July 3, 2012. Richard S. describes the list as "Upbeat words to create joyously unrestrained phrases." Thanks for sharing it with the community, Richard!

New to Vocabulary Lists? Check out this overview of how to easily make and learn Vocabulary Lists here.

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Any Olympian will tell you that showing up to for practice is step number one in going for the gold. Step number two? Working with the right coach, and that's where the Vocabulary.com Challenge makes such a difference in the way you learn. Continue reading...