Vocabulary - Exodus Books

Status of Store Locations

Vocabulary (voh-kab-yuh-ler-ee) -noun, plural = laries

The stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons: His Spanish vocabulary is limited. Technical vocabulary is always expanding.

A list or collection of the words or phrases of a language, technical field, etc., usually arranged in alphabetical order and defined: Study the vocabulary in the third chapter of your textbook.

The words of a language

Any collection of signs or symbols constituting a means or system of nonverbal communication: vocabulary of a computer

Any more or less specific group of forms characteristic of an artist, a style of art, architecture, or the like

[origin: ML vocabularium, n. use of neut. of vocabularius of words, equiv. to L vocabul(um) or "word" + arius or "pertaining to"]

As a young student, I was once given a large hardcover children's dictionary. It was full of brightly colored pictures and had about twenty words per page. I was fascinated by the book and spent hours reading the definitions. Later on, I read quite a bit and thus gained a decent familiarity with words. Occasionally I would ask my mother the question, "What does this word mean?" And she would invariably answer, "Go look it up!" Sometimes I followed through and did, but mostly my lazy side would win out and I wouldn't bother to look up the meaning. While I did have spelling exercises, and I was usually required to look up the definitions of the words on my spelling lists, that was pretty much the extent of my formal vocabulary training. That background has proven to be perfectly adequate for my daily life, but it was a haphazard approach to vocabulary.

By contrast, a number of my friends learned Latin as children—or at least learned Latin and Greek roots. There have been several instances when we have together come across words that we didn't know. I had to search for a dictionary to look it up; they were able to make an educated guess at the meaning of the word, saying, "that root means this, and this root means that, so the word must mean something like..." How I covet that skill!

To be sure, we'll function just fine without learning word roots. In our modern age of computers and the Internet, we have dictionaries galore at our fingertips, and can quickly find the meaning of a word if we need it. But with so much of the English language derived from classical roots (many other languages are, too!), it seems wise to pursue knowledge of those roots. Therefore, nearly all the curricula we carry are root-based.

The main exception to this is the Wordly Wise 3000 series, which teaches a carefully selected list of 3,000 words culled from current popular literature and high-stakes tests.

Did you find this review helpful?

Parent Categories

Home Schooling

Vocabulary

Subcategories

Vocabulary Curriculum

- A Beka Spelling & Vocabulary

- American Language Series

- BJU Vocabulary

- English from the Roots Up

- EPS Analogies

- Evan-Moor Vocabulary

- Horizons Spelling & Vocabulary

- Jensen's English

- Megawords

- Spectrum Spelling & Vocabulary

- Vocabulary From Classical Roots

- Word Roots

- Wordly Wise 3000 Vocabulary

- Wordly Wise Vocabulary

Vocabulary Resources

Related Links

Free Rice
This vocabulary website is addictive!

English / Language Arts

285 Items found Print

American Language Series - Phonics & Reading Guide

by Susan Kemmerer

from Mile-Hi Publishers

for Kindergarten-1st grade

in American Language Series (Location: C6A-PHO)

$5.00

American Language Series K - CD-ROM

American Language Series

by Guyla Nelson & Saundra Lamgo

from Mile-Hi Publishers

for Kindergarten

in American Language Series (Location: C6A-PHO)

$39.95

American Language Series K - Complete Package

American Language Series

by Guyla Nelson & Saundra Lamgo

from Mile-Hi Publishers

for Kindergarten

in American Language Series (Location: C6A-PHO)

$171.56

American Language Series K - Flash Drive

American Language Series

by Guyla Nelson & Saundra Lamgo

from Mile-Hi Publishers

for Kindergarten

in American Language Series (Location: C6A-PHO)

$39.95

American Language Series K - Reader Set

American Language Series

by Guyla Nelson & Saundra Lamgo

from Mile-Hi Publishers

for Kindergarten

in American Language Series (Location: C6A-PHO)

$74.96

American Language Series K - Workbook Set

American Language Series

by Guyla Nelson & Saundra Lamgo

from Mile-Hi Publishers

for Kindergarten

in American Language Series (Location: C6A-PHO)

$60.64

Analogies 1

by Arthur Liebman

from Educators Publishing Service

for 7th-8th grade

in EPS Analogies (Location: A1D-LOG)

$9.45

Analogies 2

by Arthur Liebman

from Educators Publishing Service

for 9th-10th grade

in EPS Analogies (Location: A1D-LOG)

$9.45

Analogies 3

by Arthur Liebman

from Educators Publishing Service

for 11th-12th grade

in EPS Analogies (Location: A1D-LOG)

$9.45

At the Farm

Book Four: Controlled Vowels

American Language Series

by Guyla Nelson & Saundra Lamgo

from Mile-Hi Publishers

for Kindergarten

in American Language Series (Location: C6A-PHO)

$15.95

Book of Roots

Advanced Vocabulary Building From Latin Roots

by Paul O'Brien

from Memoria Press

for 3rd-8th grade

in Memoria Press Latina Christiana (Location: E1C-FOR)

$21.21

Daily Academic Vocabulary, Grade 2

from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

for 2nd grade

in Evan-Moor Vocabulary (Location: C9F-VOC)

$23.99

Daily Academic Vocabulary, Grade 3

from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

for 3rd grade

in Evan-Moor Vocabulary (Location: C9F-VOC)

$23.99

Daily Academic Vocabulary, Grade 4

from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

for 4th grade

in Evan-Moor Vocabulary (Location: C9F-VOC)

$23.99

Daily Academic Vocabulary, Grade 5

from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

for 5th grade

in Evan-Moor Vocabulary (Location: C9F-VOC)

$23.99

Daily Academic Vocabulary, Grade 6+

from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

for 6th grade

in Evan-Moor Vocabulary (Location: C9F-VOC)

$23.99

Dr. Dooriddles A1

by John H. Doolittle

from Critical Thinking Books

for Preschool-2nd grade

in Dr. Funster & Dr. Dooriddles (Location: A1B-LOG)

$9.99

Dr. Dooriddles A2

by John H. Doolittle

from Critical Thinking Books

for Preschool-2nd grade

in Dr. Funster & Dr. Dooriddles (Location: A1B-LOG)

$9.99

Dr. Dooriddles A3

by John H. Doolittle

from Critical Thinking Books

for Preschool-2nd grade

in Dr. Funster & Dr. Dooriddles (Location: A1B-LOG)

$9.99

Dr. Dooriddles B1

by John H. Doolittle

from Critical Thinking Books

for 4th-7th grade

in Dr. Funster & Dr. Dooriddles (Location: A1B-LOG)

$9.99

Dr. Dooriddles B2

by John H. Doolittle

from Critical Thinking Books

for 4th-7th grade

in Dr. Funster & Dr. Dooriddles (Location: A1B-LOG)

$9.99

English From the Roots Up Volume I

by Joegil Lundquist

from Literacy Unlimited Publications

for 2nd-12th grade

Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks

in English from the Roots Up (Location: C9A-VOC)

$29.95 $20.00 (2 in stock)

English From the Roots Up Volume I - Word Cards

by Joegil Lundquist

from Literacy Unlimited Publications

for 2nd-12th grade

Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks

in English from the Roots Up (Location: C9A-VOC)

English from the Roots Up Volume II

by Joegil & Jeanne L. Lundquist

from Literacy Unlimited Publications

for 4th-12th grade

Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks

in English from the Roots Up (Location: C9A-VOC)

$29.95

English from the Roots Up Volume II - Word Cards

by Joegil & Joanne L. Lundquist

from Literacy Unlimited Publications

for 4th-12th grade

Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks

in English from the Roots Up (Location: C9A-VOC)

$18.00

First Thousand Words in English

by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright

from Usborne

for Preschool-3rd grade

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: O7A-PRE)

Fun in the Sun

Book One: Simple Short Vowels

American Language Series

by Guyla Nelson & Saundra Lamgo

from Mile-Hi Publishers

for Kindergarten

in American Language Series (Location: C6A-PHO)

$13.95

Greek and Latin Root Words Flipper

from Christopher Lee Publications

for 7th-Adult

in Language Arts Flippers