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Vocabulary Shout-Out: Paul Farhi of "The Washington Post" for "Epochal"
Reporter sums up the change in a single strong word
In The Washington Post's own coverage of the sale of the paper to Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, reporter Paul Farhi used epochal to describe the change digital technology is bringing to newspapers.
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Rebranding — which is a heckuva euphemism itself — has been the root cause of many euphemisms over the years, as fish have become sea kittens and rich jerks have become job creators. The latest attempt at ridiculous, retch-worthy rebranding is knowledge people: in other words, librarians.
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Ten Words from "The NY Times" - Aug. 7, 2013
Ten Words from "The NY Times" - Aug. 7, 2013
Learn Ten Words from The NY Times - Aug. 7, 2013. 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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List of the Week: Rebecca Skloot's "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
Learn five new lists!
Learn five new interactive Vocabulary Lists taken from Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
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Study Finds Listening Essential for Learning New Words
One more reason to listen to pronunciation as you play
Last month, we brought you a new video tour of our pronunciation feature that helps you better understand words as you learn. Now, a new study suggests that this feature is not just helpful — it may be essential for learning new words.
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For my most recent "Word on the Street" column in the Wall Street Journal, I consider the history of a word very much in the news: drone, referring to a pilotless aircraft guided by remote control. It turns out the term has been on a long, strange trip from early prototypes in the 1930s to the current controversial U.S. program of covert drone strikes.
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Vocabulary Shout-Out: John le Carré for "Sybarite"
Who says beach reads can't contain A+ words?
In his recent thriller Our Kind of Traitor, John le Carré slips the A+ word sybarite into a description of the many sides of ingenue spy and literature professor Perry Makepiece.
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