Think you have a strong vocabulary? See how many of these common 8th grade reading words you can recognize when some of history's greatest authors use them.

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Eighth-graders learn to read and understand essays, speeches, biographies, and other types of historical, scientific, and technical material. Students also read and understand a wide range of ...

The biannual competition, hosted by Vocabulary.com, convened more than 380,000 students from 2,100 K-12 schools across the United States and Canada to compete for the top title in each of their ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. A new analysis of federal data that provide a deeper and more systematic look into students’ ability to understand the meaning of words in context than was ...

PITTSBURGH, March 16 (UPI) --If it sounds like politicians aiming for the White House are attempting to appeal to the lowest common denominator, you're hearing correctly. Researchers at Carnegie Melon ...

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