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Today, we add a new dimension to the word-learner's resources in our Dictionary: a "word forms" section of the page where you can see how a word's spelling or pronunciation varies. Continue reading...

We've selected a set of vocabulary lists drawn from Laurie Halse Anderson's classic young adult novel Speak as our List of the Week, and we urge you to look specifically at the context examples. Not all context examples are created equal, but Anderson's are special. Here's why. Continue reading...

The Language Lounge removed to the Netherlands for a short break last month, with the specific mission of observing several of the various putative Dutch contributions to English on their native soil: Dutch courage, Dutch uncles, Dutch ovens, Dutch auctions, Dutch doors, Dutch hoes, and Dutch treats, to name a few. Continue reading...

In memory of Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing, who died this past Sunday, we're featuring a Doris Lessing Vocabulary List as our List of the Week. Continue reading...

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is one of the best-loved of Shakepeare's plays and now you can learn the vocabulary you need to know to read it fluently or see it performed. Continue reading...

Learn vocabulary from Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting with these new word lists: Prologue-Chapter 5, Chapters 6-9, Chapters 10-13, Chapters 14-17, Chapters 18-22, Chapters 23-Epilogue Continue reading...

After much good-natured debate at its annual meeting in Baltimore, the American Dialect Society has made its selections for Word of the Year and Word of the Decade. As proof that we're truly living in a digital age, the winner of Word of the Year for 2009 was tweet ("to post an update on Twitter") and the Word of the Decade for 2000-09 was google (the generic verb meaning "to use Google or another search engine"). Continue reading...

Play along with the team here at Vocabulary.com in our weekly battle of word wits. Anyone, anywhere can play! Continue reading...

Social Studies teachers, take note: we've just posted three new Vocabulary Lists from primary source documents.

Visit the Vocabulary Lists page on our website to find more!

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