For Class 7 students, developing a robust vocabulary is crucial for several reasons. It serves as a cornerstone for effective communication, both in academic settings and daily interactions. A strong ...

Sometimes there are words that you've seen, read, and maybe even used in conversation whose meaning you can never keep straight. Even after looking it up, the right definition doesn't stick. From our ...

People sometimes tell you you’re misusing a word and cite the Latin origin as proof. Don’t fall for the etymological fallacy. What a word means depends not on its origin, but on how speakers of a ...

Before a thought becomes fully formed — before a movement finds its shape or an idea gains its edges —it exists in a hazy, ...

This year, spellers at the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee faced a slew of difficult words in the nation's premier spelling contest, hosted at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in ...

“MISOGYNY” SEEMS a straightforward word. In dictionaries, it is “hatred of women”. In its etymology are the Greek verb misein, to hate, and gyne, women. The word, like the sentiment, has been around ...

Decades after I began writing about language, there are still words I avoid out of fear I’ll use them wrong. And worse: Some of these are terms I’ve learned, written about, then promptly forgotten.