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VocabSushi
Vocab Sushi: The better way to build your vocabulary with Contextual Examples From the Daily News
Vocab Videos
"Vocab Videos is the revolutionary new system that brings vocabulary to life. "
Artwiculate
The twitter-based Word of the Day competition that helps clever people look clever and helps the rest of us learn new words.
guessthewordle
Wiki where Wordle clouds are posted and you can guess what the cloud represents
Forvo
Forvo: the pronunciation guide. All the words in the world pronounced by native speakers (much like a wiki for word pronunciations).
VocabSushi
VocabuSushi: : The better way to build your vocabulary | Contextual Examples From the Daily News. The site includes assessments, audio, learning words in context, and games. VocabSushi helps you prepare for the ISEE, SAT, ACT, GRE or other standardized test by teaching you vocab words with real-world, contextual examples found in the daily news.
Wordnik
Wordnik gives you word meaning and context, but it also shows you all the conversations, pictures, and other talk about your word.
Howjsay
Howjsay is a dictionary with an audio component. Just look up a word and get an MP3 clip with the correct pronunciation of the word.
WordNet - Princeton University
WordNet® is a large lexical database of English, developed under the direction of George A. Miller. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept
Vocabulary, Free Word Puzzles and Activities
Click on a Specific Book/Novel/Play Inside Any Box to See the Vocabulary
Online Etymology Dictionary
free dictionary of word origins online
VocabGrabber
VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button.
WordSift - Visualize Text
The program helps to quickly identify important words that appear in the text. This function is widely available in various Tag Cloud programs on the web, but we integrate it here with a few other functions, such as visualization of word relationships and Google searches of images and videos. With just a click on any word in the Tag Cloud, the program displays instances of sentences in which that word is used in the text.
Tower of English Vocabulary
“This site includes examples of peculiarities and oddities of the English language. Examples of topics include “Whatchamacallits,” "Spoonerisms," "Antagonyms," “Pun of the Day,” “OxymoronList.com,” and several others. Most of the sections have a "your turn" activity for students to do.”
Weboword - Vocabulary Visually!
Weboword is a fun little website designed to help students learn new vocabulary words. Each of the vocabulary words on Weboword have cartoon drawings depicting the meaning of that word. Students are encouraged to submit their own drawings to Weboword. Weboword also offers crossword puzzles for students to try.
eduFire :: Flashcards :: Index
Edufire charges for the video lessons but its selection of flashcards can be accessed for free. There are many decks of flashcards designed for SAT and other standardized test preparation. Students can also access flashcards designed for developing and practicing foreign language comprehension.
ediscio.com
Ediscio: create, and use, flashcards very quickly and easily, and grab images and videos off the Web to insert them in the virtual cards.
ArmoredPenguin.com
ArmoredPenguin.com. This site contains a number of resources that various people (including educators and students) can use to make puzzles of various types.
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