Articles from 2012

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!

Check out Kylie's list, visit the Literature section of the Vocabulary Lists page to find more like it, or watch this short video on how to make your own.

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 Or visit the Speeches and Historical Documents sections of our Vocabulary Lists page for the full roster.