Vocabulary.com user Karen C. made an interactive Vocabulary List 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know, using words Words selected by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Congratulations on a great list, Karen!
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On this day in 1974, The New York Times carried the historic resignation of President Richard Milhous Nixon. Learn ten words used to tell this story here.
Then see Vocabulary Begets Vocabulary: The More You Know, the More You Learn to understand why learning these words will help you absorb others as you read.
Brandish, harbinger, beguile... Vocabulary.com user Kylie S. made an interactive Vocabulary List using words from Macbeth, and you can too!
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Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - August 1, 2012.
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.
Social Studies teachers: This summer, we've been adding new social studies Vocabulary Lists to Vocabulary.com, including three new ones based on the speeches and writing of Nelson Mandela, Henry David Thoreau, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
To see other lists added this summer, check out Six New Vocabulary Lists or More New Vocabulary Lists for Social Studies. Or visit the Speeches and Historical Documents sections of our Vocabulary Lists page for the full roster.
Continue reading...Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - July 25, 2012.
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.
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!
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