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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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.