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List of the Week: Pete Wells' Mortifying Words
List of the Week
New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells, perhaps best known for his recent, scathing critique of Guy Fieri's new restaurant in Times Square, told the New York Times this week he'd hate to know how many times rich, fragrant, aromatic, delicate, gentle, crisp, and crunchy appear in his reviews. The answer? Just two.
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NCES Releases US Students' Vocab Test Results
Fourth, eighth, and twelfth graders tested
This past Thursday, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released the results of vocabulary questions from the 2009 and 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test, which included questions on word meaning for the first time.
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For my latest Boston Globe column, I talked to screenwriter Tony Kushner about how he crafted the dialogue for Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln." I had been intrigued about Kushner's script-writing process after hearing that he had consulted the Oxford English Dictionary to check any word that might have been inappropriate for the film's 1865 setting. While the results of this painstaking work are admirable, it's always possible to nitpick over possible anachronisms.
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Ten Words from Today's NY Times - Dec. 5, 2012
Ten Words from Today's NY Times - Dec. 5, 2012
Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - Dec. 5, 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.
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How a HS Sophomore Preps for the SATs with Vocab.com
A conversation with a Vocabulary.com user
John S. is a high school sophomore and a Vocabulary.com Savant. Here he talks to Vocabulary.com about using the Challenge to prepare for the SATs with his friends.
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Lists of the Week: Classic Literature, New Lists
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Crucible, and Of Mice and Men
We've added several new literature-based Vocabulary Lists to our collection. Check out Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Crucible, and Of Mice and Men. Remember: these Lists are interactive, which means learning them feels like a game.
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It's been about three months since I started my job as a teaching assistant at the University of Pittsburgh. Since doing so, I've not just left behind Brooklyn for the 'Burgh, and "Fuhgedaboutit" for "Yinz want some food?"; I've also adapted my vocabulary, too. The words I use in my classroom now are different from when I taught high school. This is a challenge, and one I've been interested to watch my students — all first-semester freshmen — take on, as well.
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