Learn Words, Give Rice
Freerice.com Donates Rice to People in Need for Every Vocabulary Word You Know
FreeRice.com is a click to donate or CTD site with twist: vocabulary lessons. Each time you correctly select the meaning of the given word, 20 grains of rice are donated to the World Food Programme. When you get the definition right you get a harder word (and the WFP gets rice). Get it wrong and you get an easier word. It's addictive, so be careful. As with other CTD sites, advertisers donate money for rice based on how many visitors test and improve their vocabulary.
On the first day I tried this 369,007,280 grains of rice were donated, and I was tested on the following words: horseplay, voluptuous, philatelist, consumptive, fecundate, wizened, heterodox, badinage, falciform, cognomen, and tautology. I missed that last one, but donated 200 grains of rice anyway.
Every little bit helps. So visit freerice.com and learn a little to give a little. It's a win-win! Have fun!?
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