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ASIA: Vocabulary-Rich Articles for Students

A collection of recent articles about Asia that are full of SAT/ACT vocabulary words. Reading them is a great way to improve your vocabulary! Articles are from the ProfessorWord Daily Reader - 3 suggested readings a day that are full of vocabulary words - learn more at http://www.professorword.com/blog/
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a woman wearing a hijab waves to the crowd
Hunger Games Hand Sign
Hunger Games Salute
Feminism Activism
Divergent Hunger Games
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Hunger Games 3
Hunger Games Series
Hunger Games Catching Fire
Hand Sign
Hunger Games Salute Becomes a Real Sign of Dissent in ‘Tyrannical’ Thailand
SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 18 Protestors in Thailand have adopted Katniss Everdeen's infamous rebellious salute. Read more and learn vocabulary words like assuage, coup, defiance, infiltrate, obstruct, and regime. http://time.com/2816496/hunger-games-salute-becomes-a-real-sign-of-dissent-in-tyrannical-thailand/
three people sitting on a couch in front of a table with food and drinks around it
Leonard And Penny
Johnny Galecki
Craig Ferguson
Jim Parsons
Gender Stereotypes
Media Literacy
Classic Television
Tv Network
The Big Bang Theory
China Slaps Bans on a Bunch of Totally Harmless U.S. TV Shows
SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 17 The TV show The Big Bang Theory was just banned in China. Why? Read more and learn vocabulary words like censors, edict, impressionable, innocuous, travails, and uninhibited. http://time.com/78927/china-ban-big-bang-theory-good-wife-ncis-practice-tv/
tents pitched up on the side of a mountain
Best Sleeping Bag
Green News
Annapurna Circuit
Mt Everest
Everest Base Camp
Everest Base Camp Trek
Backpacking Tent
Base Camp
Go Hiking
Daily Reader: Edition #351 | April 21, 2014
SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 47 Sherpas, local Nepali guides, are indispensable to those who want to climb Mt. Everest. Read more and learn vocabulary words like deferential, incarnate, moniker, pantheon, presciently, and reverence. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140418-mount-everest-sherpas-world-mountain-climbing-culture/
a man sitting in an airplane looking out the window with his head resting on his hands
Anna Jones
Plane Window
Malaysia Airlines
10 March
Military Officer
Airline Flights
Boeing 777
Oil Slick
Search And Rescue
Oil Slick Found In Ocean Is Apparently Not From Missing Malaysia Airplane
SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 19 Over the weekend, a Malaysian airplane disappeared mid-flight and officials still have no idea what happened to it. Read more and learn vocabulary words like definitive, disperse, dubious, martyr, revelation, and unprecedented. http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/03/oil-slick-apparently-not-missing-malaysia-airplane/358983/
an image of a lion dance on stage in front of a red and black background
Clumsy Ninja
Human Migration
Learn Vocabulary
Chinese Lunar New Year
Amazing Maps
Word Count
Lunar New Year
Lunar New
Daily Reader: Edition #305 | February 7, 2014
SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 16 Last week was the Chinese Lunar New Year. Check out this amazing map that shows what the largest annual human migration in the world looks like. Read more and learn vocabulary words like pilgrimage, serene, tedious, unprecedented, and unveiling. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140131-lunar-new-year-china-migration-baidu-map/
a large circular building sitting on top of a river next to a city filled with tall buildings
Architecture Replica
Weird Architecture
Wikipedia Logo
Men Adventure
Quotes Korean
Circular Buildings
Toyo Ito
Colors Hair
Xi Jinping
CityLab - Bloomberg
SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 21 Chinese cities are known for their colorful skylines, but a new giant gold-colored doughnut-shaped building is stirring up controversy. Read more and learn vocabulary words like brazenly, facade, garish, rendered, sneer, and symbolism. http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2014/01/china-loves-hate-its-newest-skyscraper-shaped-giant-gold-doughnut/8098/
an image of mao in the middle of a room full of people sitting at desks
North Korea Kim
73rd Birthday
Kim Jong Il
Human Activity
North Korean
North Korea
Talk Show
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un’s Game of Thrones
SAT/ACT Word Count: 24 What's happening in North Korea right now is even crazier than what you might see in a TV show! The young dictator, Kim John-un, has gone on a killing spree — first executing his ex-girlfriend and then his uncle. Read more and learn vocabulary words like absurd, despicable, guise, insolence, and lackadaisical. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/15/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-s-game-of-thrones.html
a large group of people walking on an airport tarmac with a plane in the background
Tacloban City
Tacloban
Navy Ships
Sink In
Vocabulary Words
The Philippines
Philippines: Obstacles in Relief Efforts Are Hindering Aid
SAT/ACT Word Count: 17 Relief efforts in the Philippines following the devastating Typhoon Haiyan are being hampered by logistical difficulties, including, for example, the lack of airstrips to allow planes to land with supplies. Read more and learn vocabulary words like contingent, depleted, grim, hindered, humanitarian, and looting. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/12/philippines-obstacles-in-relief-efforts-are-hindering-aid
an outdoor patio area with chairs and potted plants on the side of the building
Modern Courtyard House
City Courtyard
Traditional Courtyard
Chinese Travel
China Trip
Modern Courtyard
Bedroom Traditional
Travel Marketing
Forbidden City
CityLab - Bloomberg
SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 22 Airbnb is one of the most popular travel sites in the world and it's trying to gain a foothold in the Chinese travel market. Read more and learn vocabulary words like allure, emulate, incentive, nascent, paragon, resonate, and sustained. Visit http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/09/airbnb-sets-its-sights-chinese-tourism-boom/6891/
a group of people in suits and ties holding up their hands while sitting on chairs
2020 Olympics
Reading Comprehension Passages
Tokyo 2020
Tokyo Olympics
Reading Challenge
Summer Olympics
New Hope
View From Tokyo: The Successful 2020 Olympic Bid Signals New Hopes for Japan | TIME.com
SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 38 All of Japan is celebrating Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. What does this mean for the future of Japan? Read more and learn vocabulary words like abstaining, calamity, contender, deliberate, lavish, resurgence, stagnation, and valediction. Visit http://world.time.com/2013/09/08/view-from-tokyo-the-successful-2020-olympic-bid-signals-new-hopes-for-japan/
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SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 54 A Korean company is trying to build the largest ship in the world, roughly the length of the Empire State Building. Read more and learn vocabulary words like behemoths, exacerbates, fabricated, magnate, molten, perishable, tolerance, and vicissitudes. Visit http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-05/risk-ahoy-maersk-daewoo-build-the-worlds-biggest-boat#r=rss Magazine Design Cover, Cover Design Inspiration, Bloomberg Businessweek, Magazine Cover Design, Design Brochure, Pinterest Templates, Brochure Cover, Publication Design, Financial Markets
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SAT/ACT Vocabulary Word Count: 54 A Korean company is trying to build the largest ship in the world, roughly the length of the Empire State Building. Read more and learn vocabulary words like behemoths, exacerbates, fabricated, magnate, molten, perishable, tolerance, and vicissitudes. Visit http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-05/risk-ahoy-maersk-daewoo-build-the-worlds-biggest-boat#r=rss