Look for Vocabulary pertaining to the other kind of Olympian? Check out five new vocabulary lists from the kid-favorite Rick Riordan series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians.Continue reading...
Presidents' speeches — and vocabulary choices — set the tone of their eras. Here at Vocabulary.com, we're in the business of preserving them through a series of lists drawn from some of the most well-known presidential speeches. Celebrate Presidents' Day today by trolling through the collection, or, for Presidents' Day purists, learn lists consisting exclusively of Washington's or Lincoln's words.Continue reading...
As President François Hollande's solo appearance at a lavish State dinner challenges protocol experts, Olympian skiers tie for the gold amid abundant sunshine, and, after a night of mulling, House Speaker John A. Boehner abandons of another debt-ceiling debate, we present this week's news via a Quick Vocab Quiz!Continue reading...
With the 2014 Sochi Olympics well underway, and gimme vocabulary like heat, final, champion, medal, and competition rolling readily off your tongue, it's time to take your Olympics vocabulary learning to the next level.Continue reading...
Follow this week's news coverage from a vocabularian's perspective by learning 10 words from this week's New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post coverage.Continue reading...
With "Choice Words from Philip Seymour Hoffman's Roles," we honor the actor in a Vocabulary List of eleven words he spoke on stage and screen.Continue reading...
Don't just learn Obama's State of the Union words. Learn the vocabulary the media's using to write about "State of..." addresses with this Quick Current Events Quiz: ten key words cropping up in this week's New York Times and Washington Post State of the Union/State coverage.Continue reading...