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Make Your Point, Jr. is a free place to learn words. It's also a tutoring program.
In this program, students develop a strong, confident command of the English language. They read excellent texts, write with close guidance, and learn to select words with grace and precision.
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We need these words all the time!
They're among the top 5,000 most frequently used
in our entire language.
active
adjust
appreciate
arrival
assist
attempt
bold
companion
compete
curious
delicate
delight
desperate
devastated
devote
discover & discovery
distinct
distract
duty & dutiful
eager
effort
exhausted
expensive
fierce
fragile
genuine
hazard & hazardous
insist
invent
motivate
pace
persist, persistent, & persistence
phenomenon
plenty
precise
reject
replace
reply
request
reserve & reservation
resolve & resolution
satisfied
scatter
seize & seizure
solution
suit & suitable
vary, various, & variety
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We need these words very often!
They're among the top 10,000 most frequently used
in our entire language.
abundance
appetite
astonish
chore
clasp
cozy
cramped
defy & defiant
despise & despicable
frantic & frantically
gasp
gauge
glisten
greed & greedy
hobby
irritate, irritating, & irritable
keen
linger
lumber
menace & menacing
miniature
noble
novice
oblige, obligate, & obligation
plank
plaster
predicament
reckless
refreshing
relish
reluctant & reluctance
rigorous
shoulder (the verb)
sinister
squint
stubborn
stun & stunning
thunder (the verb)
verge
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We need these words regularly!
They're among the top 20,000 most frequently used
in our entire language.
boisterous
caress
clutter
din
eavesdrop
euphoric
exasperate
fathom
glower
gobble
hoard
incandescent
jab
melancholy
mischief & mischievous
misplace
mosaic
nifty
permanent
petrified
puny
quiver
seethe & seething
sheepish
sweltering
tidy
timid
unite & reunite
urge
whimper
wisp & wispy
zenith
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We need these special, specific words
to express ideas with clarity and precision.
We'll bump into them once every few months or so
if we read for an hour a day.
déjà vu
disarming
doppelganger
ennui
flounce
scrounge
shoo
xerox
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Sometimes, we need these extra-special, extra-specific words
to express ideas with a high degree of precision.
If we read for an hour a day, we might bump into them
once a year or so... or never!
akimbo
yammer
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