<p>memorizing 75+ words a day is no fun....</p>
<p>Uh, I feel like dying, figuratively. </p>
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<p>Why would you memorize 75+ words a day? Take a break if you need to.</p>
<p>Agree with the above. Who memorizes 75+ words a day? I seriously think you should chill and keep it realistic to about 15~30 (even that's probably too much for me, but for you, who knows).</p>
<p>Chances are you'll probably forget the words within the next few days, unless you review MOST of the words you've memorized the previous day and the day before yesterday and etc and that's like a bajillion words. oh god my head hurts already.</p>
<p>(btw, I really suggest you do things that you enjoy, it seems you don't do those very much)</p>
<p>memorizing 75 words a day is Okay .... compared to like those asian kids (...)
if it's not fun, then make it fun .. like
idk, do abstract painting with your words, portraying the meaning of the word through another dimension onto your canvas</p>
<p>the way i learn my vocabulary is describe things with it</p>
<p>'oh my teddy bear looks so chagrin'
'my curtains look like a paradigm to all curtain lovers'
'this book is about a quixotic protagonist' <-- even if it isn't</p>
<p>you'll get the hang of it</p>
<p>I remember like 30-40 words a week. It is slow, but I go over them several times.</p>
<p>I used those mnemonic device cartoons to help me remember.</p>
<p>^That is who I remember the word "aberration." I sketched a picture of a bear face:2, like a ration. That is such a weird image, or such an "abnormal" image, that I remeember the word.</p>
<p>I checked out a whole book that had 300 words with cartoons and mnemonic devices. I can tell you that it works. With some of the words, the first thing I think off is the cartoon and the phrase and I can't get it out of my head.</p>
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'oh my teddy bear looks so chagrin'
'my curtains look like a paradigm to all curtain lovers'
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<p>Chagrin isn't an adjective, is it?
And how is your curtain a paradigm?</p>
<p>"Much to the chagrin of my teddy bear, I'm donating him to a charity."
"Sometimes, our paradigms prevent us from imagining the world differently than how see it."</p>
<p>I used those mnemonic devices for words like alienation, which are easily associate-able with distinct images.</p>
<p>I remember something like</p>
<p>An opal lance? Such opulence!</p>
<p>^ i know i know, i was just giving rough examples, but i really do walk around my room opening closet doors and drawers, pointing out things in a way to use the new vocab words i learned.</p>
<p>i think it helps..><</p>
<p>OP, why do need to memorize so many? SATs?</p>
<p>I'm learning new words for the heck of it. Word Smart +Vocabulary for the college-bound student+SAT dictionary+Barrons flash cards. </p>
<p>The only thing is that I know most of these words and at least 1/3 are repeated in all 4 places.</p>