At this time of the year, we normally ask our users to participate in the selection of Word of the Year. Instead of sending your opinion to us, this year we would like to invite you, our users, to have a Word of the Year conversation with your family and friends during the holiday season.
Wordsmyth Teachers Guide
Here is a quick overview of Wordsmyth features, including Wordsmyth dictionaries at all levels, vocabulary tools, and teacher tools. This guide can help educators make good use of Wordsmyth dictionaries and tools so that students may be helped to improve their vocabulary as well as their reading and writing skills.
thesis
noun a statement or proposition put forward and supported by proof or argument.It’s an interesting thesis, but you haven’t provided enough evidence to convince me of its validity.Martin Luther put forward the…
Weekly Quiz
With the Wordsmyth Vocabulary Center activities, you can study the words of the week, play games with them, and assess your knowledge of their meanings with a quiz. Go to the Vocabulary…
urbane
adjective refined in manner; polished; elegant.The writer did not possess urbane manners, and some of his intellectual peers at the gala thought him crude. See the full entry
sect
noun any group, especially a religious group such as a denomination, that is united by a common belief, ritual, or the like.Shakers were members of a religious sect that originated in the…
hurl
transitive verb to throw forcefully.The pitcher hurled the ball toward home plate.In anger, he hurled the vase across the room. See the full entry