Vocabulary games

Word Arena

Four short games on the same 862 words the flashcards use. Ten minutes of these beats an hour of staring at a list — and one of them is meant to be played against a grown-up.

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Why vocabulary is worth the time

Verbal Reasoning leans on knowing what words mean more than on any technique. A child who knows that candid means honest does not need a strategy for the question — and the same words come back as synonyms, antonyms, odd-one-out and cloze, so each one is worth several marks across a paper.

Reading a real book still beats every game here. These are for the ten minutes in the car.