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Cognitive psychologist Elizabeth S. Spelke believes that language is the key to human beings' capacity to combine various forms of intelligence such that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts––an inspiring insight for anyone set on building vocabulary. Continue reading...

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Ten Words from Today's NY Times - May 2, 2012

Ten Words from Today's NY Times - May 2, 2012

Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - May 2, 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.

We bring out this list every Wednesday. Here's Ten Words from the NY Times - May 9, 2012.

A recent article in Wired by Anne Trubek argues that the advent of the fully digital age will — and should — have as great an influence on English spelling as the age of print did, more than half a millennium ago. The author, a professor at Oberlin College, argues that our current obsession with correct spelling is out of keeping with the digital age: "Consistent spelling was a great way to ensure clarity in the print era. But with new technologies, the way that we write and read (and search and data-mine) is changing, and so must spelling." Must it? Continue reading...

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Presenting the Improved Vocabulary.com Top 1000

Presenting the Improved Vocabulary.com Top 1000

We are thrilled to present a list that has been popular here at Vocaublary.com for some time: The Vocabulary.com 1000--now, with example sentences!

To create the Vocaublary.com Top 1000, we started with the words that give our users the most trouble and then carefully ranked them by how frequently they appear in our corpus of billions of words from edited sources. The result: A masterful Vocabulary List of words that are both difficult and common. You will see them in everyday academic and business writing; you will also see them on the SAT, ACT, GRE, and ToEFL. And now, the list includes example sentences from real world publications for every word.

If you have time to study only one list of words, this is for you.

In an earlier post on this blog, we wrote about word knowledge limbo, citing research that shows that our brains don’t travel directly from “not knowing” a word to “knowing it.” In this post, we’ll talk about what it means when you do finally get there. What does it mean to know a word? Continue reading...
I recently witnessed one of those lightbulb illuminating moments when someone suddenly "got it." What this language learner "got" was the difference between adjectives and nouns prefixed with un-, and verbs prefixed with un-. The adjective/noun becomes negative, but the verb typically has its action reversed: unusual vs. unwrap, for example. Continue reading...

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Hunger Games Vocabulary Lists Now Complete

Hunger Games Vocabulary Lists Now Complete

You've read the book... You've seen the movie... Now: Learn The Hunger Games Vocabulary Lists!

Find a list for every chapter here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.

Looking for more literature-based Vocabulary Lists? Use the search feature on the Vocabulary Lists page, or leave a comment below letting us know what other books you're reading and want to learn words from.

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