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The Vocabulary Tree
http://www.ilc.cuhk.edu.hk/english/VocabTree/index.html
When you try to speak or write in English, do you often find yourself searching for words? Have you come to realize that you lack the vocabulary you need to express yourself well? Have you ever noticed that sometimes, because of poor vocabulary your listeners or readers are impatient or they simply don’t get your point? The Vocabulary Tree can help. |
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A Word A Day
http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
This site features a new vocabulary word each day |
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Confusable Words from Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/notorious.htm
This section of the Guide to Grammar and Writing website contains sentences of over 250 pairs of commonly confused words used in context, many with pronunciation demos, followed by quizzes. |
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Self-Study English Vocabulary Quizzes
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html
A project of The Internet TESL Journal offering a great variety of self-study vocabulary quizzes, graded according to level of difficulty. |
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Vocabulary University
http://www.vocabulary.com/
Though not administered by a university, the site offers a wide variety of activities for vocabulary work. |
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Acronym Server
http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym/index.html
You can search here for acronyms and for words used in acronyms. An acronym is a label formed from the beginnings of words (Greek: acro [head] and nym [word]) -- or very rarely, from letters in the middle of words. There is no requirement that an acronym be pronounceable as a normal word (this is a curious myth perpetuated by American dictionaries): IBM is just as much an acronym as LASER. |
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David Appleyard's Guide to British-American Word Variants
http://www.davidappleyard.com/english/breame.htm
In an effort to smooth transatlantic communication, this growing glossary highlights some of the most common variations in vocabulary usage and meaning between Britain and the U.S. |
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LEMMA, Diagnostic Vocabulary Test
http://www.wordsandtools.com/vocdemo/index_uk.htm
This site features a diagnostic vocabulary test which estimates the size of your English vocabulary created based on frequency levels according to the Collins COBUILD corpus, followed by interactive exercises. |
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Fun-with-words.com
http://fun-with-words.com/
This site is dedicated to amusing quirks, peculiarities, and oddities of the English language: wordplay. Playing with words and language is both entertaining and educational. Here you can have plenty of fun with words with over 500 pages of word puzzles, games, amazing lists, and fun facts. The site is divided into topical sections. Highly recommended pages included: Nym Words (acronyms, antonyms, aptronyms, autonyms, tautonyms, toponyms, hypernyms, exonyms etc.) words that end in gry (puzzle) and Anagram Generator. |
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UnivSource.com Vocabulary Builder
http://www.univsource.com/vbintro.htm
Here you find a free vocabulary builder designed with a choice list of a few thousand words, selected for their frequent appearance in the tests of verbal ability in examinations like SAT, GRE, GMAT, etc.. |
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