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In chronicling WikiLeaks' involvement in the unfolding Edward J. Snowden affair, Scott Shane, who is the national security reporter in the Washington bureau of The New York Times, made use of the word bedevil in "Offering Snowden Aid, WikiLeaks Gets Back in the Game." Continue reading...

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Learn Ten Words from The NY Times - June 26, 2013. Then see "Vocabulary Begets Vocabulary: The More You Know, the More You Learn" to understand why learning these words will help you absorb even more as you read.

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Summer is the perfect time to delve into not just L. Frank Baum's classic children's novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but the entire "Oz" cycle. As you read, enrich your vocabulary by learning interactive word lists based on these timeless stories. Continue reading...

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Kudos to New York Times "Big City" columnist Gina Bellafante for invoking an ancient "-claim" when she referred to Dorothy Rabinowitz's deununciations of the Citi Bike bike-sharing program in New York as "declaimed absurdities." Continue reading...

Learn Ten Words from The NY Times - June 19, 2013. Then see "Vocabulary Begets Vocabulary: The More You Know, the More You Learn" to understand why learning these words will help you absorb even more as you read.

Brush up on your classic Greek drama vocabulary with two new lists: "Oedipus the King" and "Antigone".

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As an adjective, xanthine suggests yellow. But Proulx may be invoking to the word's noun-form connection to blood and urine as well. Continue reading...

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Vocabulary Shout-Out: Scott Shane for "Bedeviled"

A word to use when not assigning blame.

Ten Words from "The NY Times" - June 26, 2013

Ten Words from "The NY Times" - June 26, 2013

List of the Week: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series

You've seen the movie...no learn the Vocabulary Lists!

Vocabulary Shout-Out: Gina Bellafante for "Declaim"

One "declaimed absurdities" and Citi Bike.

Ten Words from "The NY Times" - June 19, 2013

Ten Words from "The NY Times" - June 19, 2013

List of the Week: Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and "Antigone"

List of the Week: Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and "Antigone"

Vocabulary Shout-Out: Annie Proulx for "Xanthine"

A word biochemists use for "yellow."

Ten Words from "The NY Times" - June 26, 2013

Ten Words from "The NY Times" - June 26, 2013

Ten Words from "The NY Times" - June 19, 2013

Ten Words from "The NY Times" - June 19, 2013

List of the Week: Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and "Antigone"

List of the Week: Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and "Antigone"

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