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Daily Reader: Edition #156

Learn 61 vocabulary words from today's Daily Reader with 3 articles about 'Star Trek Into Darkness'!

1. 'Star Trek Into Darkness' ramps up action, leaves room for heart
Los Angeles Times, 5/15/2013

SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 24

Los Angeles Times: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' ramps up action, leaves room for heart (Image: Flickr user The_JIFF)

Did you see 'Star Trek Into Darkness' over the weekend? What did you think? Do you agree with this reviewer's assessment? Read more and learn vocabulary words like allusions, astute, bombast, bravado, elicit, exhaustive, fiasco, menace, mettle, primitive, and rogue.

Daily Reader: Edition #155

Learn 50 vocabulary words from today's Daily Reader with 3 articles: 'The Big Bang Theory', unsolved diamond heists, and the ACT going online.

1. Why ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Is Better Than Ever
The Daily Beast, 5/16/2013

SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 24

The Daily Beast: Why ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Is Better Than Ever

The Big Bang Theory is one of the most popular TV shows right now, with good reason! Read more about Sheldon Cooper and his quirky friends, and learn vocabulary words like characterization, effusion, elicit, extrapolate, ingrained, pernicious, precedent, and sentimental.

Daily Reader: Edition #154

Learn 98 vocabulary words from today's Daily Reader with 3 articles: the international youth unemployment epidemic, new factory safety commitments in Bangladesh, and Dan Brown's latest novel, Inferno.

1. Youth Unemployment: Generation Jobless
The Economist, 4/27/2013

SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 59

The Economist: Youth Unemployment: Generation Jobless (Image: Flickr user GDS Infographics)

Around the world, young people are struggling to find jobs. What is causing this epidemic of youth unemployment and can it be changed? Read more and learn vocabulary words like apartheid, austerity, counteract, exacerbating, intermittent, optimistic, stagnant, tenure, and wary.

Daily Reader: Edition #153

Learn 132 vocabulary words from today's Daily Reader with 3 articles: the IRS scandal, how Twitter can predict American Idol results, and the complicated legacy of American business tycoon Henry Ford.

1. A Real Scandal at the IRS
U.S. News, 5/13/2013

SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 17

US News: A Real Scandal at the IRS

The IRS is under fire because some of its employees specifically targeted conservative groups for special attention and harassment. Read more about the scandal and learn vocabulary words like alleged, audit, condoned, discredit, exhaustive, integrity, malfeasance, moniker, and warranted.

Daily Reader: Edition #152

Learn 74 vocabulary words from today's Daily Reader with 3 articles: advice for the Class of 2013, the director J.J. Abrams, and the physics of bubbles.

1. To the Class of 2013: Resist simplicity
Chicago Tribune, 5/12/2013

SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 27

Chicago Tribune: To the Class of 2013: Resist simplicity

It's graduation season! Check out this writer's advice to the Class of 2013. Read more and learn vocabulary words like abating, censorship, inundated, mired, profound, proposition, reflective, supersede, and unique.