How To Improve Vocabulary In A Limited Time?
This is a question that has been asked by number of students at several times; today I shall try to answer this question in brief. Learning vocabulary is always a very grueling task, especially for those who are preparing for GRE exam, because they have to learn extensive vocabulary. GRE often asks questions based on unfamiliar meaning of familiar- looking words. You might have your own techniques to learn vocabulary. You may also try following tips to learn vocabulary:
* Purchase a good pocket dictionary regardless if you already have a large one, and always carry it with you.
* Regular reading of newspapers, novels, books, magazines and other formal and informal manuscripts can surely help you in improving vocabulary.
* Be alerted for new words and when come across some new word then consult your dictionary, both for its meaning and the nearest opposite meaning word.
* Try to guess the meaning of a new word by analyzing it’s root, stem, suffixes then cross check your guessed meaning with dictionary meaning. This exercise will surely help you in learning new words.
* Try to form all the possible sentences by using all the possible meaning of new words.
* Use mnemonics or memory trick to learn the meaning of a new word.
* Try to relate a new word with words that you already know. For example, Impropriety meaning not proper other words related to this can be improperness, unsuitable, indecorum. Now make a list of words that can be considered as Impropriety.
* Play word games like: Scrabble, Boggle, Mad Libs and do solve crossword puzzles.
* Always learn vocabulary with its contextual meaning as isolated vocabulary can create confusion. For example, take a word ‘garnish’ ,which you may have heard in many cookery shows ,when chef says ,” Now garnish Parsley with boiled potatoes. This context clarifies the meaning of garnish.
* A genuine interest in words is mandatory to improve vocabulary. Never let go any opportunity to learn a new word.
* Make flashcards of the words and run through them regularly. You can also visit learnwordlist.com for on line flash cards.
* Create images of word using your imagination.
* Simply talking with other peoples and watching television can help you in learning new words.
* Last but not the least take all the vocabulary test on learnwordlist.com .And do register yourself with learnwordlist.com for regular vocabulary updates.
Regardless, what technique you follow train yourself beforehand to deal with all types of vocabulary questions that may appear in GRE exam. With the intention of excellent GRE score, you will need to learn words at a much faster rate. Now, I hope you must have found some word of advice to improve your vocabulary. Kindly share your views by posting your comment in feedback section, below this blog.
Wishing you success!!
Regards,
Shipra Srivastava
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142 Responses to “How To Improve Vocabulary In A Limited Time?”





i like it ! it is really helpful.
u told everything to remember the word meanings but after some days I forget all the word meanings which I remembered before some days.
Niteen, If you learn the the word with its contextual meaning then it will stay long in your memory.Just don’t mug up the words instead do little research on root and context of word before learning new word.
this is excellent method.by this i can easily and rapidly learn vocabulary
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what you said just now is indecorum
Thanks a lot for the info. I ll implement them. Hope these strategies will help me improve my vocab..
Neeta, Surely you can apply these strategies ,i will also humbly request you please tell us which strategy you find more lucrative .We shall be waiting to hear from you in future.
i think its good method and so effective,but u know i think if person watch film and record that for example in mp4 or in other…and hear that its very effective bc when i hear the film that i saw before i know what happen in and i can imagne that and it cuse ur vocab prove bc u saw film and hear that and have very dialog and full of vocab.
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Dear Madame/Sir,
Thank you for opening the secrets of learning a new word
regards
Dolymol
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thanx alot
Yes, if any one follw this method surely he will be benefited. I hope every body will follow it.
Regards
Habib
Shipra this is excellent, and I learned many new words through this execise. But I want to ask u, how we can make use these words in out routine dialouges with friends, bc it comes really difficult for me make the sentences in hurry, what u suggest for this. Thanks
Best Regards
Ijaz Ahmad
Its realy helpful
thanks a lot my english has improve greatly
i dont know why i forget words had been memoried,even i have made sentences with those words and i review them every day but exactly after few days they have gone
thnx alot for sharing the techniques…
hope it will be helpful…
actually,that’s perfect way for improving our Vocabularies, for me, i experienced one thing more ,it is browsing top stories on yahoo mail page….it’s really a helpful way….just experience it.
Awesome!!!the tricks are really very good. I have already undertaken some of the techniques.
I also hv a technique to remember words….sort out the words u find difficult n then check if the meaning rhymes with the word…if not then assign a meaning which rhymes with the word n similar to actual meaning….for ex:- palatable = agreeable, palatial = spatial etc
Thanks for your good tips.
I believe that learning with contextual meaning is the most effective technique to improve vocabs permanently specially for who is not in a English language environment.
but my problem is how i can apply the new words in writing. I mean learning the culture of a word is different from meaning of it. And because of this problem, although I know so many words, I use a few and so simple words while writing.
good tips for learning new words
thanks alot
thanks alot for these tips in learning new words. They are very helpful
I am really grateful for sending me those precious tips on how to widen my vocab knowledge; really thanks a lot.
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Mahdi, when you forming a sentence take your time ,think what word you can use in place of regular words.Do practice regularly,eventually you will improved.
This is a great knowledge but a suggestion for all of us…
Never try to Memorize a word…try to Learn it.
thats why it is Learnwordlist.com…….
Moiz, thanks for your comment, your technique is good but it is not 100% foolproof and and there are many exceptions to this rule.
Nirupam, thanks for words of appreciation..
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Omid,it happens some time ,do not loose your heart keep practicing with contextual meaning of words,eventually you will learn them permanently.
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Thanks for your comment Zahida..
Habib, we also hope you will,keep visiting us.
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Ijaz practice is only key, when you are speaking try to use them in your language.
Thank u alots for your comments, it is help ful for most users
Edii, do visit other blogs as well.
I am very much interested in learning new words and make myself fluent in english both vocabulary and writing as well as speaking. I have gone through your tips and to my opinion it will be very helpful to learn enligh. My problem is that I dont have talking partner to do practice but I have TV to watch and listen to commentary. Is this sufficient to improve my command for english? Waiting for your suggestions.
GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ME
I want to have a various resource of words but I dont know how to learn effectively.its not really easy to do despite the fact that i ‘ve tried many methods as well as advice.So I am not sure that your tips ‘re useful
please sen me more sinonim and antonim words, vocabulary for improving my english…thank you
please send me more the following items;
•High Frequency GRE Words
•GRE Confusables Lists
•GRE Essential Vocabulary
•GRE Phobia Words
•GRE Synonyms
•GRE Vocabulary Root Words
•Vocabulary Flash Cards
Hi
I think these are the best tips for learning vocabulary quickly.
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Manuel, kindly visit following blog:http://learnwordlist.com/blog/synonyms-and-antonyms/2010/07/gre-word-list-test-blog-barrons-vocabulary
Sarowar,if you wish to improve your speaking skill then having some body to speak with is important, but if you don’t have any body then you can do one thing start speaking in front of mirror.This exercise will definitely remove you hesitation.
Mauel, kindly visit learnwordlist.com as all these things are available on learnwordlist.com
Tong, always try to learn the word with its contextual meaning this way you will never forget that word.
It’s a really good way.
to learn a new language you must work on it as a part of your life.
to be honestly ,I am used to doing the same recommended technique by you ,but at the time I need to use them to show the number of words which I know I’ll switch exactly on the word that belongs to a lower level at least and it’s a matter I suffer from.I deeply believe in that a genuine interest in words is mandatory to improve vocabulary but for me just works as an enhancement to understanding and reading better.
Best Regards.
Maryam.
Thanks Maryam, keep visiting us.
Behnam, with that true interest in language is also very important.Kindly keep visiting us.
Maryam,Read these instruction , i m sure yo will get help.
hello,
for sure your advice is helpful, and it will help me a lot
but, I’ve just started to learn GRE words, so they seem to me very difficult.
are they widely used in English language? should we really learn them?
thank u?
i think english languge is important for worldwide communication.so i want to learn this languge and i hope you help me.
Wegayehu,we are here to help student like you, kindly keep visiting us.
Muhammadali, if you are going to take GRE exam then you have to learn all these words.However, if you learning them just for gaining knowledge then it is up to you how many words you can learn.
dear Shipra,
could u help me please to find some link to GRE exam takers in Uzbekistan.
i searched but i couldn’t find, i am going to have a GRE exam
thank u in advance,
Thank you
This information is so important to me.
Dear Shipra,
I dont want to give a GRE exam. But I want to improve my speaking & writing skill. Then what should I do? I think the extensive word bearing GRE book, is not so useful to continue our daily/regular conversation. But I wanna know what should I do for improving my speaking/writing skill. I also think the GRE vocabulary is not mandatory to improve my skill on my way.
Thahk u
Fahim, GRE words are frequently use by native Americans. So if you plan to visit America do learn these word .But, in order to improve your general vocabulary do not focus on learning all GRE words instead learn few words and try to use them in your daily life(some words of GRE are actually used very frequently,even in Asia). There is no substitute ,but keep writing to improve writing skills.
thx. these tips are very usefull…..thx agin…
thanks a lot . please suggest vocabulary books.
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Hi thanks these tips are very usefull.
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Hi everyone:myself Mohit currently in 2nd year of Aerospace Engineering want to do M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics so I need a guidance for it.plz help me regarding this
Thanks for your comment Mohit, I wish to inform you we can only help you with GRE.
good work
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tanx for d tips. wat solution can u provide for one who learn d vocab and forget after a while. and also one dat does not knw hw to play crossword puzzle .
Thanks alot for this info.
Very helpful indeed.
Short explanation but complete and useful.
Thanks.
i think that as u go through each wordlist try to give test immedietely as u finish it. am using this technique and it’s proving quite fruitful also.
Thank you alot for this information!
best regards
You are obliging and helpful,thanks .But i suppose this is they way of learning words for life and it should be permanent,to prepare for exams there must be some additional tips which save more time.
thank you.:-)
let me try this.
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this is really a good suggestion……..thanx shipra u r really helpful.
Right, shipra you are doing a great work to enable us who are acquiring as our second language to get much acquinted.
All the suggest mechanisms of acquiring vocabularies are practical.
Thanks alot
Thank you for the tips but I think contextual vocabulary learning should be given more focus. I recommend reading story books and novels as well.
I think LWL it’s a good chance to have success in GRE. It’s very difficult to pass GRE with high scores, everything depends on yourself, and LWL give all kind of support to prepare for GRE. Thanks you LWL that you exist)))
keep the good work up
splendid work!
thanks a lot!
You guidance is really very very useful for all those students who want to crack various competitive exams. This a great help in shaping their future.
Thanks for valuable advises. I think the best strategy would be creating a strong interest on what you are learning. Reading as a mandatory job is the worst. Try to like English.
I started reading English for GRE exam and in the first step it was a lot of pressure on me. Gradually, I became interested in English and Now, I feel I am improving greatly.
Imagine, you would read Shakespeare’s books in English! it is my dream, not just passing a difficult exam.
Thanks for your comment Azar, we really appreciate your efforts towards improving your language. I will suggest you kindly keep visiting Learnwordlist.com . I hope you will get lots of help in order to full fil your dream..
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Yes Hamid, there is one more suggestion now a days you will find audio tapes of novels in market,Listening to them is also recommended in order to improve your vocabulary…
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iam the one who need help know iam praper to speake the third language ,france,english and Arabic.
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Thanks for your comment Victor, yes, it is good to take a test just after you finish the wordlist .This exercise will definitely boost up your confidence..
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thank you for your working advice.
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The above tips are really helpful. these tips were not new but we lack in the part of application.coherent arrangement of these tips helps us to keep it in mind nand helped us to improve.thanx a lot for sharing this post
This article has helped me a lot in preparation of GRE
wow I apperciate your contribution in this wonderful teaching and learnig mechanism. I beleve those techniques helps any one who want to learn english in a fastest manner.
Regards
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Tried the flash card before just kept creating flashcards and forgetting to go through them. I will try all other methods listed and be more disciplined about the flash cards.
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This place is really nice. I have read so many potitive words which motivates me a lot. I am not so good in english but at the same time I want to learn it at any cost. After going through this site I am getting interest. Now I’ve started learning all the words. But can anyone tell me what is GPA? And how to calculate it if anyone wants to appear for GRE?
Thanks for your comment Ritu, GPA means grade point average .Generally there are converters are available that will convert as per US GPA otherwise you can contact on concerned university website for better assistance.
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i have been applying the techniques and this has really helped my vocabulary because i have greatly increased in my knowledge of words
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Wonderful techniques!!! i hope this is helpful for every one who wants to broaden his vocab memorising….learning the contextual meaning rather than its original meaning…great..thanks for ur shipra providing these techniques
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valued teachers ,i m sultana from balochistan,first of all i would
like to thankfull to you and your team for this great achivment.
really its so amazing and excellent website.i m planning for my GRE so may i know which GRE is requrment of fulbright in usa.
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First when i looked at with these words, i feared using them since they looked so strange to me. The most interesting and impressive story is when i started applying them in my day to day vocabulary, i found that it is of no value to fear anything that instead of harming you, build you academically. I stand to appreciate your kind support to provide this web site to help improve my academic status. And now i will abjure finding the meaning of any word no matter its simplicity or complexity. You can now give an online test to see how well i’ve improved before i register for the GRE test.
it is really so helpful for me !!! thanks .
thanks alot. very good recomendations in learning english as a second language.
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hi this is a nice post for me and me like people who struggle for making fluency in english , in which vocab is major problem tanks. and please suggest that how can we make it in our mind for longer duration
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Your GRE site is excellent. Do you have similar web site for SAT so that i can prepare my son , presently in grade 9
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its realy vrey help full to improve my english.
i was really helpfull………..thanx…..
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Thanks for the tip, do not really know how to learn new words, but hopefully with the indicated method will help me. THANK YOU
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