English can be sneaky. One word can mean an object, an action, and even a feeling - all depending on context. In this quiz, ...

Choose the option that is closest in meaning to the main word in the English vocabulary quiz below. Often, while reading a book or talking to someone, we come across new words that surprise us with ...

Can you make sense of DIROA? Or for that matter GAHABND? If you've managed to peg the words 'radio' and 'handbag' above, you'll find the questions in this quiz a breeze! In the following pages, we ...

How many can you get right? No peeking at a dictionary for this surprisingly tricky 4th grade spelling words quiz. Remember those 4th grade spelling words quizzes we took in elementary school? They ...

QUIZ: There are hundreds of tricky words within the English language but do you know the meanings of all of them? These eight wacky words may stump you. A new online quiz asks people whether or not ...

More than 170,000 words are currently used in the English language, so it’s almost impossible to know them all. We all like to impress our friends, family and teachers with our knowledge of obscure ...

Collins English Dictionary announced their Word of the Year as binge-watch. It means "to watch a large number of television programmes, especially all the shows from one series, in succession" ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Test your English vocabulary! Lingua Marina challenges viewers to quickly identify four meanings of the word 'ring'. Can you beat the clock?

The English language is constantly evolving. From selfie to sproglet, we acquire, combine and change words all the time. But what about the words that have fallen out of use over the years?

In Word Through The Times, we trace how one word or phrase has changed throughout the history of the newspaper. Christie’s International Ltd., based in London, is about to start operations in New York ...

Armed with a new list of words and using the power of social media, a new study has found that by the age of 20, a native English-speaking American knows 42,000 dictionary words. How many words do we ...