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Ten Words from Today's NY Times - Jan. 30, 2013

Ten Words from Today's NY Times - Jan. 30, 2013

Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - Jan. 30, 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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Jane Austen's masterwork Pride and Prejudice turns 200 today! Join the birthday celebration by quizzing yourself on words that may smack more of 1813 than they do of 2013 with our Vocabulary List "50 Words from Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice." Or check out the dozens of Pride and Prejudice Vocabulary Lists our users have made. Continue reading...
Last week, we wrote about "Words We Love to Hate." Now, thanks to Wayne State University's Word Warriors fourth annual list of ten words "especially worthy of retrieval from the linguistic closet," we get to look at words we love — and don't want to lose. Continue reading...
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...

Ten Words from Today's NY Times - Jan. 23, 2013

Ten Words from Today's NY Times - Jan. 23, 2013

Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - Jan. 23, 2013.

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Savor — and learn! — words from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s impressive personal lexicon with two Vocabulary Lists: Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have a dream" speech and Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (1963).

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Planning to watch the inaugural ceremonies next Monday? Scan through this list of inauguration words to make sure you're up to snuff on what's going on.

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