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Test Prep

100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"

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What better way to prepare for the sentence completion and passage-based questions on the SAT than to commit yourself to completing our alphabetically organized SAT lists? Find lists of SAT words...
abase, aberration, abhor, abject, abrasive, abstain, abstract, more...
100 words

Literature

"Boy: Tales of Childhood," Vocabulary from Parts 1-2

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The man who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was once a chocolate candy tester for Cadbury's. For more golden details from the boyhood of Roald Dahl that inspired his bestselling children's...
amputate, ingenious, amiable, acquire, ambitious, subside, foliage, more...
40 words

Morphology & Roots

More English Words that Derive from Indigenous Languages of the Americas

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Here are 15 more common English words whose roots come from indigenous languages of the Americas. The fate of the people who spoke these languages varies greatly, from tribes lost to history that we...
ipecac, cashew, cayenne, pirana, cougar, Petunia, pecan, more...
15 words

Historical Documents

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

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On 24th September 1996, the nations of the world convened to sign a treaty that banned the testing and development of all nuclear weapons in a massive step towards harmony and peace. This list of...
preamble, nuclear, proliferation, implementation, systematic, ultimate, cessation, more...
21 words

Speeches

Bush's Address on 9/11

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On September 11, 2001, the US witnessed the tragic loss of life brought about by acts of terrorism in New York and Washington DC. That evening, President George W. Bush addressed the nation.
evil, despicable, unyielding, foundation, implemented, priority, precaution, more...
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Just for Fun

Can I depend on you?

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Human beings can, broadly speaking, be divided into two groups. One group of people can be counted on when things go down to the wire, or when the chips are down and everyone needs to focus and rally...
dubious, erratic, capricious, fickle, inconsistent, mercurial, wayward, more...
10 words

News

"Class Matters," Vocabulary from Chapters 1-5

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Originally a series in The New York Times, these 14 articles compiled and edited by Bill Keller give glimpses into the lives of people across America to prove that, despite our image of being the land...
integrated, mobility, elusive, impoverished, adversity, gender, heterogeneous, more...
40 words
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"Tech with Kids" Gives Vocabulary.com "Best Pick" Award

November 6, 2014
Tech with Kids, a digital magazine founded and edited by USA Today Kid-Tech columnist Jinny Gudmundsen, awarded Vocabulary.com a BEST PICK APP Award and featured the Vocabulary.com app in a review. Continue reading...

Under the Hood The science of vocabulary building

A New Guinness Record: "Largest Vocabulary Lesson"

November 4, 2014
Four thousand children in 37 cities and 15 states set a new Guinness World Record for "largest vocabulary lesson" last week, through a vocabulary-focused read aloud organized by PNC's "Grow Up Great" program. But even as educators rally to the "close the word gap" through high profile efforts such as this one, new research shows that the task may not be quite so clear as increasing the sheer number of words children hear. Continue reading...

Announcements

Announcing the Powerful New Teacher Dashboard

October 30, 2014
Teachers around the country have been taking advantage of the Vocabulary.com Educator Edition to track student progress in their classes. And today the Educator Edition got even better, with a brand-new Teacher Dashboard that puts the most useful student data at your fingertips with a great new design. Continue reading...
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