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Articles from June, 2012
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Add Vocabulary Lists to Your Summer Reading Plans
...And then join us in tweeting #summerreading plans today!
Today, Vocabulary.com is joining the New York Times Learning Network and a host of other organizations and individuals in tweeting our #summerreading plans. And to celebrate this essential activity we’re posting Vocabulary Lists for seven great summer reading titles.
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Ten Words from Today's NY Times - June 6, 2012
Ten Words from Today's NY Times - June 6, 2012
Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - June 6, 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.
An extension of a federal highway program passed the House recently, over the objections of some Democrats. "Even as they were approving the measure in an anti-climatic voice vote, Democrats sharply criticized Republicans for not accepting a two-year, $109 billion version of the transportation measure the Senate had approved on a bipartisan vote earlier this month," one news report said.
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Under the HoodThe science of vocabulary building
Come on Everybody Get Happy
The Challenge (and life!) gets better when you feel good
What makes you happy? What makes you sad? And what do any of those feelings have to do with playing the Challenge on Vocabulary.com? A whole lot, apparently, as new research points to the idea that your brain, when happier, is better able to learn.
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Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexicon
2012 Spelling Bee: San Diego's Snigdha Nandipati Wins a "Miracle"
In the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee, the words were as diabolical as ever, but Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California took it all in stride. When it came time to spell the final word, guetapens, a French-derived word for "an ambush, snare, or trap," she wasn't snared by its strangeness and calmly spelled it correctly.
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