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Aloof_ Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Help how to memorize vocabulary

i need help on memorizing vocabulary more effectively, thanks
  

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Buy used English books (novels are very good for developing your vocabulary, grammar, etc). Used because they are cheaper, and because you want to write on them. Look for editions with large margins (about 1inch around the text).

— Marius Hancu

  • Buy used English books (novels are very good for developing your vocabulary, grammar, etc).
  • Used because they are cheaper, and because you want to write on them.
  • Look for editions with large margins (about 1inch around the text).
  • Write down the translation of unknown words on those margins, and read every day the words picked up the preceding day.
  • At the end of a book, go through all the pages and read again those words.
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Buy used English books (novels are very good for developing your vocabulary, grammar, etc). Used because they are cheaper, and because you want to write on them.

Look for editions with large margins (about 1inch around the text). Write down the translation of unknown words on those margins, and read every day the words picked up the preceding day.

At the end of a book
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help on memorizing vocabulary more effectively

There is some research to support the idea that memorizing related words, especially opposites, at the same time, is more effective than memorizing words randomly.

For example, learn big and small, open and closed, clean and dirty, same and different, before and after, freeze and thaw, work, play, and res
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I really like what CalifJim said. In addition, I think that learning synonyms (words that mean the same or almost the same thing) is very good for building your vocabulary.

Some examples:

big and large

nice and pleasant

stupid and dumb

wonderful and fantastic

You get the idea.
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Try finding a hook in each word you want to memorize, which will strike your memory when you come across the word....

For an example.. take the word "cache"

This word actually means a hiding place..

The hook for this word could be "cash" (sounding similar to cache). What do people do when they have lots of money(cash) ? .. they hide it to protest it from burglars..
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Nivas, what you are descibing are mnemonics, and I have also found them extremely helpful. I would recommend this method too.
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Aloof, what is your nationality?
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Before the end of the day, I have to memorize these spelling words --------->
1. Central Nervous System

2. Cortex

3. Occipital lobe

4.
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hi, iam also have a problem in memorizing the vocab but i know what aloof means it means "far away" its from the SAT vocabulary.try the method of navis its very good but the probelm that it is hard to find relative meanings for the other words like what he did for cache
bye
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I agree. We have like 40 word spelling tests each week and we need to know the word, spelling, definiton, and such. I've always used the method Nivas' just suggested. For example, last week we had aplomb. and this probably isnt the best example to use but it's what went in my head. PS sorry if you're offended at all. blame the media not me.neway

aplomb kinda looks like bomb so therfore n
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