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Vocabulary

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(unless your system gives better than 90% accuracy)
  1. Start early in the week.
  2. Make flash cards for each word and each definition of each word (and related word).
  3. Learn to pronounce each word properly and also (if necessary) in a way that suggests its proper spelling.
  4. Practice reading the definition and memorizing the vocabulary word.
  5. Study a little each night (5-10 minutes); or better yet, study at odd moments during the day when time presents itself.
  6. Spend most of your time on the words you do not know well.
  7. Review all words the night before the quiz or test.
  8. On the final night write each word on a piece of scratch paper to check your spelling carefully.
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