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The Third Annual Vocab Video Contest for Students!
It's time for your 15 *seconds* of fame!
For the third year, Vocabulary.com is partnering with the New York Times Learning Network for our annual 15-second Vocabulary Video Contest for students.
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Announcing the Vocabulary.com SAT Roadmap
Whether you're a student, teacher, or parent, we have guidance on new SAT vocabulary.
The SAT has been significantly revamped, and its old approach to vocabulary is a thing of the past. But students and teachers need not worry, as Vocabulary.com has prepared useful resources that provide a clear roadmap to get ready for the new test, which is being rolled out on March 5th, 2016.
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If you're nervous about being among the first students to take the new SAT, fret no more! Follow this roadmap and your vocabulary will be up to snuff by the time you sharpen your number 2 pencil on test day. (Content updated in 2019.)
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Don't Believe the Hype: Vocabulary Still Matters on the SAT
The rationale behind our roadmap to the SAT.
While it's true that the new SAT will no longer directly assess students on their knowledge of "obscure" vocabulary via sentence completion questions, don't be fooled into thinking that students will encounter less vocabulary on the test. Words still matter, and a student's vocabulary knowledge will still remain a powerful predictor of his or her overall score on the new SAT Reading Test.
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When change is a brewin', remember: to ferment is to cause a chemical change to food or drink, like turning grapes into wine, but to foment is to stir up trouble, like turning a group of people into an angry mob.
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Irony, satire, and sarcasm all fall into the category of, "That's funny but I'm not sure what my English teacher wants me to call it."
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Both make comparisons, but a metaphor compares one thing to another straight up, while a simile uses "like" or "as."
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