Improve your vocabulary with these tricks

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Having a rich vocabulary can help you convey your thoughts and feelings more specifically. Instead of saying, "I'm fine" or "it's bad", you'll be able to give more meaning to your experience. If you want to develop how you gather new words, here are some simple tricks to ensure your learning:


Learn one new word everyday

Imagine adding more than 300 words to your vocabulary bank each year. That's a lot! If you're always online, you can subscribe to dictionary apps or sites that will deliver your word of the day. Before you know it, you'll be using these words in your daily conversations and even in your writing.


Read and write

I grew up highlighting unfamiliar words on paperbacks. Why some wouldn't appreciate marks on their books, this helped me remember new additions to my word bank. To take it a step further, after finding out the meaning, I would write five sentences to ensure that I fully understood what I just learned. These days I'm grateful for e-book readers because the built-in dictionary can instantly provide the meaning to a new word with just one long click.

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Play word games

Playing Scrabble, Word Factory, or Wordscapes are great ways to remind us of words we know but don't really use daily. Of course, there are other games that will test your vocabulary and lead to new discoveries. But aside from jolting your memory, seeing a word while playing will lead to a discussion with friends and you'll end up using these answers in conversations. Personally, these games are the most entertaining way for me to lengthen my word list.


Learning new words doesn't need to be exhausting. You need to incorporate it with an activity you find pleasurable so it won't feel like a chore. Before you know it, you'll have more expressions to use.

Hi! John Eilermann is the name. I’m a comparative literature student from St. Louis, Missouri, and I’m enjoying my life here. For similar reads, visit this blog.