I know most would say read more, but I want to actually be able to memorize the word instead of reading once & getting it out of my head. I'm fascinated by new words!
How can I increase my vocabulary?
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I would suggest focusing on SAT vocabulary words, which can be found any number of places online. Vocabulary acquisition has some very strong links to later success and these words are a great stepping stone. They also focus on roots and affixes that are key to understanding unfamiliar words you come across later.
As far as the learning them, the "best way" will have a lot to do with your specific learning modality. I might suggest a few approaches:
-Expand your reading. Literary classics are an obvious choice, but I say pick up a New York Times, an Economist, a New Yorker if you're feeling ambitious. These publications tend to scale a bit higher on the reading level and will refer to current events and topics that interest you. Harry Potter's great, but it's aimed at 6th graders. Even Hunger Games and the current #1 bestseller don't crack high school. Same goes for web reading - you'll do better with Reuters or Scientific American than Reddit or a traditional news roll like CNN. Sticking to literature aimed at a middle-school or high-school audience will get you just that - a middle school or high school reading proficiency.
-You've already mentioned writing down words as you find them, which is a smart move. I would encourage you to write them down in context - copy not just the word but the sentence you found it in. Context helps solidify the word in your brain - sometimes a quick picture helps too!
-There are a ton of flashcards apps available - this gives you a chance to look over the words multiple times and quiz yourself directly. Try a few out and find one that's right for you!
-Use the new words often! If applicable, use the words in e-mails, texts, conversations, phone calls! Obviously avoid this with words that don't fit the situation, but you'll be amazed how much clarity and nuance you can bring to what you want to say once you have the words to say it.
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My two pieces of advice is a list of words along with where you found them and using a pronunciation Service on Google that tells you how to pronounce new words. I learned how to pronounce names using Google for my presentation on foreign cultures and got an A- on my presentation.
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Get a nice big dictionary, close your eyes and flip through the pages and pick a set of about 20 words at random and write them down on a piece of paper as well as their meaning, then, create sentences using each of those words. Or, have someone else pic them for you.
Try these:
Cogitate
Lexicon
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Neutrino
Covestibles
Incongruent
Crepitation
Intrinsic
Scabbard
Terpsichory
Redundant
Obsidian
Have fun! I want these on my desk tomorrow morning at the start of class!!
Another thing you can do is crossword puzzles! I'd suggest the ones in Games World Of Puzzles magazine. There's some REALLY interesting ones in there, too!!
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Do you have a dictionary or thesaurus. Read a page or two every day and I guarantee you will increase your vocabulary.
A more fun way is to download a crossword puzzle game to your phone or tablet or PC and play it regularly. Crosswords often have new words to learn. -
Whenever you come across a new word, Google it. If you like the word and think you'd use it, put it in a note on your phone. Then every day or two review the note and try to remember what the meaning of each of the words in that note is.
One you're able to reliably remember the meaning if any of the words, remove it from the list. You'll constantly be getting new words and removing words you've begun remembering. -
If your mother tongue is English, watch movies/series shot in English. that is, watch masterpieces in which proverbs, idioms and forgotten words are frequently used. There are such things in my country, but not in the English language and not English words. I can give some examples if it doesn't matter to you.
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when i saw the title I was going to say, ''Grammarly'' only because i get this ad multiple times on youtube lol
Read more books, or ones you love anyway and even write out the words that you like most. Check out some poems too. -
First, delete the asininely overused words "like" and "literally" from your vocabulary. Then subscribe to a well-written newspaper, for example, the New York Times or Washington Post.
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the idea of reading more... is to actually read more and not just read once... lol, read more often and keep reading more often
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The only true way to increase your vocabulary is by 1. memorizing words and then 2 actually use them in sentences as many times as possible.
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Just read more. Books (fiction or non fiction). scientific based articles or academia based.
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Read philosophy books. Also, the Dictionary App certainly helps. They send you a word each day.
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just stay on here in between your outsourcing job lag and you will learn. i think you are very good!
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Read through a current dictionary or a set of encyclopedias. I learn many words going page by page through The American Heritage dictionary many centuries ago.
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It's a great fascination. This is what I do. I google 5 new words of the day. Then I write a short story using the new words.
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Read newspaper
Like the Hindu and the India express -
Mirriam-Webater has a vocabulary builder for under 10 dollars US.
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What I did was to write down the words that I want to remember
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I always write new words in my little notebook when I hear them
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Read, write 10 times, say it out loud every time you write, make centence using synonym
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Develop a habit of reading be it novels newspaper or anything online...
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I think there are many apps for that.
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Step 1: get a thesaurus
Step 2: use it.
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