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Vocabulary Genius predicts how well you know every word in the English language.
Choose a list, and Vocabulary Genius will teach you the "best" words first, which are the most common words that it thinks you don’t know yet.
Vocabulary Genius repeats words at just the right time, before you’re likely to forget them, in order to maximize retention.
Vocabulary Genius uses innovative algorithms based on the spaced repetition learning theory. It understands that you forget with time.
Tip: As you complete lessons in Class Ace, Vocabulary Genius updates its ‘knowledge model’ of what you know. It tracks your positive and negative interactions with each word. This all helps you learn more in less time.
Why Improve your Vocabulary?
Improving your vocabulary helps you: get better grades, improve your reading comprehension, understand more of the world, be more credible, get into better schools, get better jobs, earn more money, and be more convincing.
Vocabulary Facts
- The English language has over 1,000,000 total words.
- Only 170,000 of them are currently in use.
- Most adult native English speakers know 20,000-40,000 words.
- In all of his published works, Shakespear used 17,677 different words. He was credited with either inventing or being the first to write as many as 1,700 of them.
Top 20,000 Words, Part 12
The average person knows 20-40,000 words. Expand your vocabulary with part 12 of our top 20k English most common words lists.
After you review, complete the practice. It'll help you remember these words for longer.
chimney
a vertical channel or pipe which conducts smoke and combustion gases up from a fire or furnace and typically through the roof of a building.
"a coal fire thrust yellow flames up the chimney"
synonyms
stack, smokestack, flue
backstreet
a minor street away from the main roads.
"we took a short cut through the backstreets of Kings Cross"
packers
a person or machine that packs something, especially someone who prepares and packs food for transportation and sale.
"a meat packer"
naomi
the mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
synonyms
Naomi, Noemi