WORD LISTS

The Top 50 Word Lists Created by Visual Thesaurus Subscribers

Eclectic Words (92 words)
November 23, 2009
By Keith(Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Words collected over the years that meet one or more of the following criteria: (1) words that we have read or heard, but may not be able to clearly...
The End of Faith (118 words)
February 27, 2009
By Steven M.(Olathe, KS)
A selection of words I encountered while reading Sam Harris's 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction winner.
WordMasters: Grade 7 Gold Division Nov-Dec '08 (25 words)
October 28, 2008
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1569/
/sl-/ words (16 words)
November 6, 2008
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
Slithery, slimy words beginning with /sl/.
Vocabulary words from Langston Hughes' poetry (8 words)
December 14, 2008
By Shannon R.(Brooklyn, NY)
Here are a few words that your students might find trick from the following poems by Langston Hughes: "April Rain Song," "The Negro Speaks of Rivers,"...
Crossword words (377 words)
July 17, 2009
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
Words that are high-frequency in crosswords but low-frequency in everyday use. Read about "crosswordese" here:...
Declaration of Independence (VocabGrabber) (245 words)
May 6, 2009
By Ivete(New York, NY)
Lots of great vocab in the Declaration of Independence! Created using VocabGrabber from this page: http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/index...
The Top 60 Most Common Academic Words (60 words)
January 4, 2010
By Georgia S.
according to Averil Coxhead's Academic Word List (2000)
Evolution (51 words)
December 23, 2008
By Ivete(New York, NY)
A word list for those learning about evolution in school
Death of a Salesman (39 words)
January 19, 2009
By Shannon R.(Brooklyn, NY)
Potential vocabulary words from the play DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller.
"Infinite Jest" vocabulary (117 words)
July 20, 2009
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
Some challenging words from "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace. More here: http://erasing.org/etc/ij_glossary/ It's Infinite Summer!...
J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" Chapters 1-14 (70 words)
January 29, 2010
By Ben Z.(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study list for J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" (Chapters 1-14). List created with VocabGrabber http://www.vocabgrabber.com/.
WordMasters: Grade 5 Blue Division Nov-Dec '08 (25 words)
October 28, 2008
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1564/
Fruits (51 words)
January 28, 2010
By Ivete(New York, NY)
A list full of words relating to fruit!
WordMasters: Grade 5 Blue Division Jan-Feb '09 (25 words)
January 10, 2009
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1660/
WordMasters: Grade 6 Gold Division Jan-Feb '09 (25 words)
January 10, 2009
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1663/
WordMasters: Grade 7 Blue Division Jan-Feb '09 (25 words)
January 10, 2009
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1664/
WordMasters: Grade 7 Gold Division Jan-Feb '09 (25 words)
January 12, 2009
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1665/
WordMasters: Grade 8 Gold Division Jan-Feb '09 (25 words)
January 12, 2009
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1667/
Toni Morrison's "A Mercy" (20 words)
January 28, 2009
By Georgia S.
Here is a list of key vocabulary words from Toni Morrison's "A Mercy," a novel featured in the VT lesson "Figurative Language in Toni Morrison's 'A...
Darwin words (31 words)
February 16, 2009
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
Words for which Charles Darwin provides the first known use, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. See:...
The Secret Life of Bees Word List (24 words)
February 19, 2009
By Shannon R.(Brooklyn, NY)
Here are a few of the many words that could be pulled out of Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees for a vocabularly unit.See:...
Lake O'Hara, by J.E.H. MacDonald (18 words)
February 22, 2009
By easydreaming
Painting, Mountainous Scene, Group of Seven. The Canadian Landscape: "The country was beautiful in the 1920's - moody, silent and powerful, as well...
The Glass Menagerie (44 words)
March 30, 2009
By Shannon R.(Brooklyn, NY)
Vocab words pulled from Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie. This list accompanies my article in Teachers at Work: Tennessee's Finest:...
Obama Inaugural (37 words)
January 26, 2010
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
Words from President Obama's inaugural address. List created with VocabGrabber: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/
Obama's Address to Congress (32 words)
January 26, 2010
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
President Obama's Address to Joint Session of Congress, Feb. 24, 2009 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-of-President-Barack-Obama-Add...
Credit crisis vocabulary (33 words)
January 26, 2010
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
Vocab from New York Times overview: http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/credit_crisis/ List created with...
Apollo 11 Mission (58 words)
January 26, 2010
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
Vocabulary from Apollo 11. List created with VocabGrabber: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/ Text...
Loanwords from the Philippines (24 words)
August 4, 2009
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
Words borrowed from the languages of the Philippines into English.
Legal latinisms (178 words)
August 26, 2009
By Tyrus(Brooklyn, NY)
A (by no means exhaustive) list. Surprising how some of these have crept into common usage.
American "-or" words (36 words)
September 7, 2009
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
These words are spelled with "-our" in British English, but thanks to Noah Webster, Americans spell them with "-or." More here:...
Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 11-20 (180 words)
January 25, 2010
By Ben Z.(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study list for Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Chapters 11-20). List created with VocabGrabber http://www.vocabgrabber.com/.
Science State Voc Words (Weather) (10 words)
January 15, 2010
By Rachel P.
These words all pertain to the weather)
Douglas Coupland's Microserfs (71 words)
February 5, 2010
By Ivete(New York, NY)
Vocabulary study guide for Douglas Coupland's "Microserfs"
Greek Words (105 words)
November 9, 2009
By Patricia P.(North Tonawanda, NY)
Greek words
Genealogy Words (39 words)
By Karen H.
Give "family" a new meaning with these terms that are likely to be found while doing genealogical research! Some are legal terms likely to be found in...
Gilgamesh (20 words)
By Tony S.
Words from Stephen Mitchell's translation in order of appearance.
Midsummer Dream (16 words)
May 23, 2008
By Jyoti
Words that pertain to the worlds of illusion created by writers for us, the dreamers.
Conservapedia (98 words)
September 22, 2008
By Dean S.
Words used on http://www.conservapedia.com/ Conservapedia is a clean and concise resource for those seeking the...
Personality Compass (67 words)
September 24, 2008
By Dean S.
These are words used in the book "The Personality Compass", by Daine Turner and Thelma Greco.
The Tell Tale Heart (15 words)
September 25, 2008
By Linda B.(Staunton, VA)
The story is written by Edgar A. Poe who used the vivid words to describe how he felt and how he saw.
WordMasters: Grade 4 Gold Division Nov-Dec '08 (25 words)
October 28, 2008
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1563/
WordMasters: Grade 5 Gold Division Nov-Dec '08 (25 words)
October 28, 2008
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1565/
WordMasters: Grade 6 Blue Division Nov-Dec '08 (25 words)
October 28, 2008
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1566/
WordMasters: Grade 6 Gold Division Nov-Dec '08 (25 words)
October 28, 2008
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1567/
WordMasters: Grade 7 Blue Division Nov-Dec '08 (25 words)
October 28, 2008
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1568/
WordMasters: Grade 8 Blue Division Nov-Dec '08 (25 words)
October 28, 2008
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1570/
WordMasters: Grade 8 Gold Division Nov-Dec '08 (25 words)
October 28, 2008
By Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordmasters/1571/
Social & Semantic Web (245 words)
November 26, 2008
By David S.(Washington, DC)
Web Science.
Crafty Words (41 words)
January 28, 2010
By Ivete(New York, NY)
Here's a list of words that have to do with crafting.