Learn Words in Families, Not in Isolation

Use roots, collocations, and example sentences to make new words easier to remember and reuse.

Study note

Start by reading once for meaning. On the second pass, mark the signal words that show contrast, cause, emphasis, or sequence. On the third pass, write one original sentence that uses the most useful new word.

Try this

Choose a paragraph from today's reading and reduce it to one sentence. Then expand it again with two new details. This before-and-after exercise trains accuracy and style at the same time.