It is important to build vocabulary, not only for banking exams but for other competitive exams as well. In order to understand clearly the meaning of any word in a given context requires practice and ...

What does it really mean to “circumvent the situation”? Or is it “circumnavigate”? “Circumscribe”? 🤔 The point is… English ...

We've been saving up these words, from the Princeton Review's Word Smart: Genius Edition test-prep guide, for our most confident quiz takers. [A] resentment. Why did your team take such umbrage at ...

Get your thinking caps on, because we are fast approaching the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Bee Week 2023 will happen at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center from May 28 to June 2. The ...

As is now well-known, scores on “intelligence” tests rose strongly over the last few generations, world-wide—this is the “Flynn Effect.” One striking anomaly, however, appears in American data: ...

As American kids head back to school, they’re likely to return home with an alien language their own parents may find befuddling. From TikTok to the kitchen table, words like “rizzler” and “skibidi” ...

I think I've already mentioned that I'm a word nerd and that I like being quizzed. If you're like me, you'll enjoy participating in a research project that seeks to measure vocabulary sizes. In other ...

John McWhorter is an associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. Spelling bees have always been cute. But they’re about to get cuter, because now they will ...

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