Try these…

Hi all!!

My students keep asking me one question time and again ‘How do we remember words?’ ..How do we remember words?!! And now that’s not a very tough question to answer. Well I ask you all, how do you remember the lyrics of your favorite song? How well you reproduced those heavy dialogues from your favorite movie? How instantly your mind recorded the mobile number of an attractive friend? When all these things can happen and prove that you have an elephant’s memory, learning words should not be a Herculean task, should it? I want to share with you a simple funda. You may not like it, but when applied works like a miracle. Here it goes: When you find anything tough, fall in love with it. You have to fall in love with vocabulary and the process of adding newer words to your list. After you fell in love with the entire process, keep applying the new word to a person or situation that inspires or irritates you. Do this and say these words and sentences aloud and use them religiously in your day to day speech and you will never forget them. I am now going to give you a simple list of a few word pairs, personality traits rather. Look at them and try to apply that word pair to a person you know. This person could be your friend, relative or just an acquaintance. Do it, and I promise you will enjoy the process immensely, and what else- the word’s imprinted in your memory forever!!

Here goes the list:

1. Sullen and lazy

2. Prim and humorless

3. witty and well-informed

4. Judgmental and controlling

5. Cheerful and bold

6. Thorough and practical

7. Calm and sympathetic

8. Logical and outspoken

9. Irresponsible and cocky

10. Loyal and down-to-earth

11. Critical and arrogant

12. Wholehearted and passionate

13. Temperamental and sulky

14. Sensitive and loving

15. Foolhardy and rash

16. Moody and frail

17. Stubborn and gloomy

18. Honest and objective

19. Persistent and firm

20. Aloof and domineering

21. Spiritual and intuitive

22. Hasty and unprepared

23. Creative and adventurous

24. Overcautious and rigid…

Now, try all these words and share with me your results.

Anu Veluri

Manager- Learnwordlist.com

58 Responses to “Try these…”

1. Sharad on April 27th, 2009 5:52 am

   this is cool! i appreciate! i’ve already started to apply these as u mentioned! working so far!

2. swati on April 27th, 2009 3:55 pm

   its fantastic…
   i clould remember most of these word..!!!!

3. Indu on April 28th, 2009 8:43 am

   Thank u. I am working like this and I do suggest my students to learn the vocabulary in the way what u’ve suggested.

4. Dilya on April 29th, 2009 5:05 am

   Firsr of all this funny! I applied those words to the people whom i work, according to their character and all the time when I see their faces i remember the words. Thank you, this is very good way of learning new words.

5. amey on April 29th, 2009 9:10 am

   good strategy anu…..
   thanks

6. Monika on May 2nd, 2009 9:08 am

   the tactics presented is quiet good but it requires a lot of time.
   What could be the solution if we had only 3 months to prepare

   Is there any special lessons for the short period preparation

7. rashmi pandey on May 20th, 2009 12:17 pm

   hi sir,
   these days i m forgotting even small and simple spelings.dont know why…….because of this i m facing so many problems
   i need ur help
   with kind regards
   rashmi
   Ph.D. student

8. Ethel on May 20th, 2009 7:53 pm

   its really good to start with this and am doing just good. thanx

9. Mohammad on May 22nd, 2009 11:24 pm

   right on Anu!! Liked it a lot,and agog to have and see from you more.I have my MA exam ahead,so I’ve found them so practical and applicable to my studies,You are G-R-E-A-T.Wish me luck there!

10. ganjar on May 24th, 2009 2:26 am

    Hi, i am ganjar form indonesia. I just want to share based my experience to improve english conversation and listening skills by watching english-movie that present translation in your national language. By looking at transalation, try to predict what conversation going on on the movie by speaking loudly or just mumbering. Or predict what translation of conversation going on. Then asses how close our prediction with the conversation or translation going on. By this way we don’t just enjoy watching movie but also improve our english skills.

11. Mansi Singhal on May 24th, 2009 2:28 am

    hi sir
    this trick has really helped me out in my english lessons especially in those in which we need to write the character sketch of various characters of some lesson.
    thanks a lot!

12. shobhita joshi on June 3rd, 2009 1:27 pm

    really educative.Gud way of teaching students.Looking for more new words.

13. Abatta Emma on June 3rd, 2009 2:23 pm

    Thank you very much for this guide. It is very interesting

14. AnuVeluri on June 4th, 2009 7:18 am

    Hi Shobhita, are u preparing for GRE?

    Thanks for your valuable comments.

    Regards,

15. phyu wah on June 4th, 2009 9:50 am

    Dear teacher,
    Thank you for your explaination.
    Let me know please about these!
    For me , i sometime have difficulties to use new words because some people don’t understend these.
    That’s why, what shall i do, teacher?
    Thank you again.
    PW

16. AnuVeluri on June 6th, 2009 11:15 am

    Dear Phyuwah, you can always learn new words. This will improve your vocabulary and boost your confidence levels. But when you are communicating with others try to speak with them in the language they know and understand. Do keep in touch.

    Regards,

17. asher akol on June 17th, 2009 3:51 am

    Just as i read these words i could see all my friends being described here,my family too.Realy exiciting. i appreciate.

18. thaaku on June 24th, 2009 2:33 am

    HI sir,

    I really have weak vocabulary strength and wanna build up this..
    so what would be the better way please?
    Thank you..

19. AnuVeluri on June 24th, 2009 3:11 pm

    Dear thaaku, pls dont think that ur vocabulary is weak!!…pls stay tuned to our site and u will improve naturally..:)

    Regards,

20. Thaaku on July 1st, 2009 1:43 pm

    OK sir…

21. Hasan on July 3rd, 2009 11:43 am

    Very helpful! And using them is also fun!
    Please send us more word lists & pairs like this for practical use.
    Thanks!

22. AnuVeluri on July 3rd, 2009 1:48 pm

    Sure Hasan, thanks for your positive input. We request you to follow our blogs regularly.

    Regards,

23. George kibirige on July 9th, 2009 6:53 am

    I want to know the pass mark of this GRE exam and the total mark for only verbal reasoning part

24. AnuVeluri on July 10th, 2009 7:59 am

    Dear George the total score of GRE is for 1600…and verbal reasoning is for 800…

    Regards,

25. Atakan on July 11th, 2009 1:33 pm

    In my opion, the list has a lot of words ; I could’t get anything about the metod of learnig words.For example ;sullen and lazzy ;what ‘s the link about two words.?

26. RICHMOND DUGBATSE on August 1st, 2009 2:58 pm

    I WILL SURLY GIVE IT A TRY AND I HOPE VERY SOON I WII BE PERFECT. THANK YOU.

27. Sumon Roy on August 7th, 2009 6:26 pm

    it’s helpful a bit

28. AnuVeluri on August 8th, 2009 12:17 pm

    Dear Sumon, pls do read the other blogs as well…

    Regards,

29. ravi sankar on August 10th, 2009 4:26 pm

    thank u for ur guide ………….

30. AnuVeluri on August 11th, 2009 3:13 pm

    Thanks Ravi Sankar, do read the other blogs..

31. Mehnush on August 22nd, 2009 5:19 pm

    I found this way for learning wonderful.I think if we could learn and remember the strategy we could never pass by someone without
    evaluating her/him, providing that we promis to ourselves would be with you one hour a day at least

32. AnuVeluri on August 23rd, 2009 10:24 am

    Hey Mehnush, that was a lovely comment. Do read all the other blogs…

33. naz on September 9th, 2009 12:27 pm

    Hi sir,the biggest poroblem that i come across is that I learn a lot of words but that again slipp from my mind.Sometimes I hesitate and unable to use good vocab.Plz give good strategies.
    Thank you

34. AnuVeluri on September 10th, 2009 9:54 am

    Dear naz quite a few strategies have been described in our subsequent blogs..pls do read them all….

35. Davie Kondowe on September 15th, 2009 10:35 am

    I am inspired, this is really interesting.

    Thanks.

36. AnuVeluri on September 15th, 2009 4:25 pm

    Dear Davie, are you preparing for GRE? Pls do get back to us on these..in fact there are many other blogs which teach students some effective vocabulary learning methods. I suggest you go through them..do revise all the word lists and take the tests displayed on the website for complete benefit!

    Regards,

37. bezezu atem on September 18th, 2009 8:10 pm

    to learn the words on a go is not a problem,to try to use them often so as to come useto with is the problem since the words are too much,how can i go on

38. AnuVeluri on September 19th, 2009 1:20 am

    Hi Bezezu, are you preparing for GRE? Graduate Record Examination is usually taken by students aspiring to pursue Master’s in the USA. Are you aiming at such a thing? If so pls do inform us. Most of the blogs that appear on this site are written considering the GRE aspirants, although it definitely benefits even the layman. Could you please tell us specifically which words are tough to comprehend?

    Awaiting your reply.

    Regards,

39. DusanRamljak on November 6th, 2009 12:42 pm

    Hi again,
    I have tried this practice and it was really fun. I involved my whole family and we succeeded to apply pairs to persons we know. There is one pair that we could share with you because you all might know this character from cartoons. As soon as I explained to my wife what sullen means she immediately said that Garfield is best described by the first pair – sullen and lazy.
    It might be interesting if you could share with us some common characters from cartoons or movies?
    Uhm… well… Let me think… Here goes the list… I will add up and you too might add up or correct me?
    sullen and lazy Garfield
    irresponsible and cocky James Bond
    …

40. AnuVeluri on November 6th, 2009 2:04 pm

    Hey this is one great technique..really works..put it on forums Dusan..

41. Dusan Ramljak on November 6th, 2009 3:37 pm

    For some reason, I couldn’t register on forum. I will do it when I come home. Anyway, the list continues
    cheerful and bold John Mc Laine (Die hard)

42. Dusan Ramljak on November 6th, 2009 3:41 pm

    Uhm… Well, actually John McLane and I forgot
    critical and arrogant Cruella DeVil

43. kustiati on November 14th, 2009 2:48 am

    thankyou for the lists of idiomatic both in positive and negative form. could you give us about terms in cooking and parts of human body?
    thankyou

44. AnuVeluri on November 14th, 2009 5:50 am

    Hmmm Kustiati, u mean classified vocabulary?? Thanks that sounds gr8..will certainly come up with such lists..do stay tuned..

45. rita on November 30th, 2009 3:25 pm

    I like the way u suggest the people “how to prepare GRE” U are very much correct that we need to fall in love with vocabulary. I have tried this. To some extent it helps but how can we make it long lasting because i have to fall in love with more than 35000 words? Could u suggest some more concrete tricks to excel the word learning.

46. rita on November 30th, 2009 3:27 pm

    sorry it’s 3500

47. AnuVeluri on November 30th, 2009 4:19 pm

    Rita this is just one article on Vocab..there are 8-9 such articles..read them all…:-)..pls follow this link..

    http://learnwordlist.com/blog/

48. Lontsi Archile on December 2nd, 2009 7:29 pm

    Hi Sir
    I have seen your and I read it .I have started aplying the words and I thin it will go a long wxay to help me.Thank you Sir and keep on…

49. AnuVeluri on December 3rd, 2009 5:28 am

    Dear Lontsi, we wish u success!!…stay tuned to the site..

50. Agbor Edward Ayuk on May 7th, 2010 7:15 pm

    The approach of studying English language here starts with very motivational words which sounds like a blue print for success in life. My desire is to perfect myself in English and be confident when speaking in all circles.

    M.Sc student
    Cameroon

51. naa on May 26th, 2010 11:06 am

    thanks a lot for those ideas,its making learning and memorization easiers for me. thanks again.

52. shipra on May 26th, 2010 11:42 am

    Hii naa

    Thanks!!

53. Des on October 14th, 2010 7:38 am

    It is an important way of remembering words. Keep it up.

54. shipra on October 15th, 2010 4:38 am

    Thanks for your comment Des, kindly keep visiting us.

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57. rajshekhar on May 13th, 2011 6:26 pm

    it’s so easy and entertaining as well.

58. shipra on May 14th, 2011 5:08 am

    Thanks rajshekhar, kindly keep visiting us..

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