Vocabulary.com Reviews

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• Need an advice for improving fluency

  You could also explore sites like vocabulary.com that have vocab lists on a wide variety of topics. - Source: Reddit / 2 days ago

• Average number of sexual partners men have around the world

  Braggadocio is the noun: He has braggadocio. Braggadocious is the adjective form: He spoke in a braggadocious manner. If you google it there is a reference to Ben Zimmer, editor of vocabulary.com, saying the adjective form dates back to the 1800s. - Source: Reddit / 14 days ago

• What do you do when you don't know the definition of a word you encounter?

  I use vocabulary.com on my iphone next to me when I read. - Source: Reddit / 2 months ago

• I often have this thought

  According to vocabulary.com: "When you describe someone as having boyish charm, it means that person — often an adult man — has kept some youth or sweetness as he's matured. A boyish smile might be full of humor and mischief.". - Source: Reddit / 2 months ago

• How to get A* for English Language?

  To improve your vocabulary, go to vocabulary.com and go through the igcse efl or esl cards if you really need to. - Source: Reddit / 2 months ago

• what would be the next battle gimmick in a future Gen 10?.

  I don't know where you got that definition... Certainly not from a dictionary: Here is some dicitonary examples:Oxford languages: "a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade."dictionary.com: "an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal."vocabulary.com: "any clever maneuver". - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago

• My family makes fun of me for my faith.

  Yeah, definately provide a definition from vocabulary.com. funny, their primary definition of cult is "a system of religious beliefs and rituals", but you didn't want to use that one when you could jump to something a little more scandalous. Very well, a strange choice, but we'll ignore that and move on. - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago

• Advice on how to study during hols

  For H1 GP, I don't quite know haha. I personally don't think you need to spend that much time on GP, but it really depends on how much you understand the syllabus right now. Like if you are clear on question types in essays and SAQs (for eg is vs should & can & will, time comparison questions, or like SAQ literal, language qns), as well as how to answer them, then you should be fine. You can do a bit of vocab... - Source: Reddit / 4 months ago

• (Doubt) Sanction means punishment. It also means permission. How to know why is it used in a particular sentence?

  No argument there--it certainly does. However, both examples from vocabulary.com have a made-up quality; they don't adhere to the unspoken rules that news organizations, for example, would adhere to in using these senses only in certain contexts which make the sense unambiguous--the government only sanctions in punishment and the Supreme Court never sanctions at all. - Source: Reddit / 4 months ago

• We all know this trend. Crime me up

  12 yo me was obsessed with vocabulary.com and I would always try to make it to the top 1000 leader board in monthly. - Source: Reddit / 4 months ago

• First Year in New District - Heck of a Schedule

  Someone previously told me that vocabulary.com was not worth trying. I didn't follow through to try it on my own, but I might give it a shot if I can't find anything else. - Source: Reddit / 6 months ago

• Desecration of the war memorial in Ottawa by a Freedumber Sunday evening. No respect shown.

  BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!! Sooo you take the version from what, vocabulary.com over Merriam-Webster? I suppose you prefer to use the "definition" you feel suits your narrative the best. Seriously, go read something. Anything. Other than Facebook. - Source: Reddit / 8 months ago

• Erikson's prose

  The following definition is from vocabulary.com - ''Prose is so-called "ordinary writing" — made up of sentences and paragraphs, without any metrical (or rhyming) structure.''. - Source: Reddit / 8 months ago

• Should I write the meaning of words which I don't know?

  I think that can be pretty helpful. I personally have been enjoying using this website called vocabulary.com it has a bunch of vocabulary lists to practice for specific books (not a lot though) so if you look up whatever book you're reading it may have a vocabulary list for that book. - Source: Reddit / 9 months ago

• App for saving word and its meaning

  I use vocabulary.com and you can create your own list under Vocabulary List section. - Source: Reddit / 11 months ago

• Teachers: would a web app like this be useful to you? (feedback request, not promotion!)

  There is "NoRedInk" for ELA teachers and this sounds very similar to that and there are others for the other subjects I just do not know their names. You should look into "NoRedInk" though because it sounds very similar. There is also Read 180 and vocabulary.com so you would have to offer something these services do not in order to stand out. - Source: Reddit / 11 months ago

• I feel like this should be added for both cultural and racial items/hair styles, kids sadly don’t understand stuff like this and end up getting bullied or confused when they are corrected.

  Definition from vocabulary.com: When you talk to or about someone in a mocking tone, you're making fun of them in a nasty, mean way. - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago

• Just an observation about my personal experience with native language vocabulary acquisition. What are your thoughts?

  With all of that said, vocabulary.com, if the sample definitions are in fact representative, does a great job of consolidating the semantic web gained from reading, I must say. - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago

• Just an observation about my personal experience with native language vocabulary acquisition. What are your thoughts?

  Lately I've become very interested in improving my vocabulary in my native language: English. At first, ironically, rather than trying to read, I stumbled upon the website vocabulary.com and began working through their new vocabulary. They give you new vocabulary in various contexts and then test you on your understanding of it. I barely recognize any of the words that it presents to me, or it'll present words... - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago

• How and where to prepare for GRE?

  Want to see real people using these words? Search the word on social media ( I prefer Twitter ). For advanced usage, vocabulary.com is fantastic. - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago

• The Purge

  Vocabulary.com: Capitalism is an economic system featuring the private ownership of business wealth and the free and unfettered operation of trade markets. Capital is usually understood to be money that is put into a business, accumulated by a business, or used in some way to produce more money. - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago