English is full of words that sound alike, look alike, or seem so familiar that we stop questioning how we use them. But even ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — 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 ...

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 ...

Think you have what it takes to give service a go? If you don’t want to come across like a newbie, you’ll need to learn the hospitality lingo. As with any second language, fluency is best mastered by ...

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 ...

On end-of-the-year surveys, my English students generally ranked vocabulary assessments as the bane of their existence. A typical student averaged way too many hours studying for a quiz that generally ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...