<p>For me this is all I can do to get a good sense of vocabulary. Sometimes people think that they are learning vocab by reading over the words, but you really have to get it in there. Sometimes people remember words by the location that they were on the page. I remember some of them by making sentences of them outloud or associating with things that I like. For example, I laud(praise) Steve Smith(Wide Receiver for the NFL) because he's my favorite player, or I say the word loathsome in a weird way outloud that makes it sound "disgusting", or I think that I'm getting robust(strong) because I'm doing a lot of exercise with dumbbells. I find this way very effective, but do any of you guys have any good ways to remember words?</p>
<p>I pretty much do the same things you mentioned above. Also, I met a friend from this forums that told me making flashcards is helpful. I am in the progress of learning SAT vocabulary through flashcards, and it is definitely working for me.</p>
<p>It really depends on the person. For some, drawing pictures or making up a crazy rhyme with each word helps. I personally think that is just a waste of time.</p>
<p>Quizlet</a> The End of Flashcards
This site allows you to make virtual flashcards and engage numerous memorization activities.</p>
<p>I use it to memorize AP Spanish vocab lists, and it allows me to memorize ~35 words in about half an hour. I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>I have a lot of practice memorizing words (I am self-taught fluent in Spanish), so here's my advice.</p>
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<li><p>Write down (on paper) every word that you find that you want to memorize (each "batch" should be about 50-80 depending on how well you can memorize.) </p></li>
<li><p>Using dictionary.com or an electronic dictionary define each one in as few words as possible. Say the word as you're defining it</p></li>
<li><p>Leave it alone for a day or so. Without any conscious effort to memorize them, at least 3-5 from your "batch" will naturally stick, and 10-20 will be "tip of your tongue" memorized</p></li>
<li><p>Open up two Word documents. Make a numbered list, one in each document, and type up the definitions. They should be SMALL! A word like "Sycophant" may need more than a synonymic one-word definition, but generally, they should be between 1 and 3 words. MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE SECONDARY AND TERTIARY MEANINGS. </p></li>
<li><p>Print the two lists out, and let them sit for a day or so. Again, just writing them down and saying them to yourself will help a lot.</p></li>
<li><p>Now, you're ready. Keep both lists visible, and just go reading them off. Focus on them. Use both parts of your brain. Don't just remember what the word means, remember how it's definition looks. </p></li>
<li><p>After reading the list over x numbers of times (usually twice for me), read it once over again, but this time, covering up the definitions. You learn a lot when you're quizzing yourself. (If you're getting more than every 10th word wrong, you're not reading them over enough.) </p></li>
<li><p>For every word you don't know, make up something by which to remember it. It can be ridiculous and make no sense whatsoever, but little riddles you make for yourself stick.
For example: Beguiled. It sounds kind of weird. . . . "Be-Gweeeel?" (Hell, that may not even be how it's pronounced, but who cares?) Kind of like it's MISLEADING you, DIVERTING your attention from the matter at hand.
Another example: Cerulean. What are those crabs called? Crustaceans? Kind of sounds like cerulean. And crabs live in the? Ocean! And the ocean is? BLUE!</p></li>
<li><p>After 20 minutes of memorizing you will go to bed knowing EVERY word on that list. But it's not over yet! Tomorrow you'll forget most of them. (Some of them at least) The next day, read them over once more, and quiz yourself once more. If there are still some you don't know after that quiz, be sure to revisit them and/or make up a riddle for them.</p></li>
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<p><strong><em>This may seem like a long process, but it's not. These steps occur simultaneously with other "batches of words." The day you write down batch 10's words, you're finishing up batch 4, and memorizing for the first time batch 4. Two days later, when you're typing up the definitions for batch 10, you're finishing up batch 6, and memorizing for the first time batch 7.</em></strong></p>
<p>My CR skills leave much to be desired, but this is one thing I do know how to do :)</p>
<p>in terms of remembering, i’ve used myvocabapp before ([Memorize</a> SAT and GRE vocabulary | myvocabapp](<a href=“http://www.myvocabapp.com/]Memorize”>http://www.myvocabapp.com/)) and it has worked wonders. it is similar to the concept of stacking where you focus on stacks of words at a time and nail them all!</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Write out the words and their definitions.
There is a reason that your teachers have made you define hundreds of vocabulary words throughout your academic career. Transferring words and their definitions to paper helps transfer the information into your long-term memory.</p></li>
<li><p>Write new sentences for each word.
Similarly, using a word in context helps cement its meaning. Create a new sentence using each word that you are trying to master. Or, even better, write a short story that includes 20 or 30 vocabulary words in context.</p></li>
<li><p>Draw a picture representing the word.
Pictures create connections to the definitions. For each word, sketch a scene that helps you remember it. For example, for “inundate”, draw a dam breaking and the ensuing flood. This will help you remember the word should you encounter it on the SAT.</p></li>
<li><p>Read the word aloud and say it in a sentence.
Some students learn best by hearing information rather than by seeing it. You can even recruit a parent or friend to read the wordsto you. If you find this learning style suits you, consider recording the definitions for later playback.</p></li>
<li><p>Type the words and definitions.
Type all the words into a word processing document or spreadsheet. Then try to define them without looking at the definitions. You can also sort them by alphabetical order.</p></li>
<li><p>Analyze the roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Can you find words that have the same suffix? If so, do they mean the same thing in both words? For example, consider the word “cacophony.” The root of the word is “phon,” as in symphony, telephone, and phonics. Underline this portion of the word so that you remember that word involves “sound.” Learning to associate words with related words can help you solve even the toughest test questions.</p></li>
<li><p>Group words by meaning.
Many SAT words have similar definitions. For example, pedantic, pedagogical, and *didactic *all have similar meanings. Grouping them will help you associate “educational” with all of the words in the group. You can also write each group on paper with it’s shared definition.</p></li>
<li><p>Have someone quiz you.</p></li>
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<p>Context is all that counts. Use words in sentences, watch out for them in the media.</p>
<p>I use an iphone app called sat vocab with photo. It has a picture that associate the vocab. So I try to make a sentence out of it. But it takes a bit too much time sometimes. </p>
<p>I make funny stories with the vocab words (10 words at a time). Out of the ones I have done this with, I have never forgot their definitions to this day.It’s because you immediately get a visual-word connection and if you use people you know in the stories, it’s even better.</p>