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Vocabulary

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Choose a word and try to guess its definition. Words grouped by age and ability levels.
http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/

Uses colorful images to define spatial concepts such as over and under, between, and big and little.
http://www.meddybemps.com/9.600.html

Online game to learn reading and expand vocabulary. From Funbrain.com.
http://funbrain.com/vocab/index.html

Interactive games suitable for fourth through eighth graders.
http://www.vocabulary.com/VUlevelone.html

Teaches "word parts" to help users decode meanings and build vocabulary.
http://membersites.namezero.com/jaegerma.nycap.rr.com/

Match SAT words with their definitions.
http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-vocabulary.cfm

Hangman, matching, word search, and vocabulary trivia to help students learn vocabulary.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il

A series of interactive tests designed to help students learn standard SAT words.
http://www.vocabtest.com/

Provides an alphabetical list of words which are often misused. Includes definition and corrected usage.
http://www.stage-door.org/stampact/traps.html

A choose your own sea-faring adventure story with links to a glossary.
http://library.thinkquest.org/10623/

Uses one less familiar word in a sentence, then provides three possible definitions. Kids use sentence context to choose the correct meaning.
http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php?TB=10&page=15

Offers tests to build students' vocabularies, as practice for the SAT, or for ESL students. Difficulty increases with each correct answer.
http://www.ivocabulary.com/

Provides fill-in and definition quizzes to prepare for the vocabulary portion of the SAT. Includes database of questions from the practice test.
http://www.sat-preparation.co.il/

A flash-card type vocabulary list of 220 common words.
http://www.come-over.to/homeschool/dolch.htm