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How do I increase my vocabulary?
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How do I increase my vocabulary?
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>>8250210
This, and also download a good dictionary app. Every time I come across a word I don't know I can just look it up, add it to my list, and move on. Learned a lot of great words that way. Like badinage.
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>>8250210
oh bother
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>>8250208
play scrabble a lot
you will learn all sorts of words that are useful for getting rid of random leftover letters
like aa and zo and jo
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>>8250248
i laughed somehow

thanks pooh
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>>8250208
Direct hits volumes
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>>8250266
This is now a Pooh thread
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>>8250210
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>>8250208
>read
>define word you don't know
>use it in a sentence
Its that simple ohpii
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>>8250208
>get a pencil and paper
>write the words you dont know on the paper
>proceed to do this for all of the words you want to know
>shove paper up ass
>retain information
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When you aren't just learning the name of an object, it isn't about the new word. You need to learn new concepts and make them part of your thought process, so that when you speak you feel the need to use them. Otherwise it's useless to learn, say, 5 words that to you mean 'angry' and use them interchangeably without any differenct nuance of meaning between them.
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>>8250208
The Vocabulary builder app on the Kindle is terrific for this.
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Read
Use dictionary app with the word of the day
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>>8250208
memrise

seems kind of pointless because assuming you already have a somewhat decent vocabulary you'll get crucified if you use a word that even approaches what qualifies as obscurity by modern readers
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