how to study and remember vocabulary efficiently

How to study vocabulary and retain it long term

1. HOW TO STUDY WORDS EFFICIENTLY

2. 1. DON’T GUESS PRONUNCIATION COLONEL AWRY CUPBOARD HYPERBOLE DEBUT HISTORY ZOOLOGY YOSEMITE BOUQUET

3. 2. STUDY PARTS OF SPEECH What part of speech can the word “LEVEL” be? - water level - level of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere - entry level / advanced level students - the 3 rd level of the building - at the local/global level - a level voice / a level-headed person / level playground - to level mountains / to level the playing field

4. Practice – Look up in the dictionary for different parts of speech the following words can be. • arm • head • hand

5. 3. Study the etymology of the word Etymology = word origin (where a certain word came from and has evolved over time) - cide : homicide / genocide / pesticide / herbicide Mal- : malpractice / malnutrition / malfunction - spect : inspect / spectator / aspect / respect

6. Practice – Use your fav search engine to look up for the etymology of the following words Nightmare Disaster Narcissist Upper/lower case

7. 4. Study both denotative and connotative meanings of words Denotative meaning Connotative meaning Exact and direct meaning context-neutral “means” : precise/literal meaning given by the dictionary EG: LOOK EG: LAUGH EG: THIN Implied meaning Context-bound “imply” – evoke associated ideas, images, emotions EG: STARE / PEEK / GLIMPSE / GAZE EG: TITTER / GIGGLE / ROAR / SMIRK /CHUCKLE EG: SKINNY / ELEGANT / SLENDER / SLIM / LANKY / LEAN

8. PRACTICE – FIND WORDS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN MEANING TO THE WORDS GIVEN IN EACH ROW, BUT CONVEY DIFFERENT SHADES OF FEELING

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