I chose the "Context Clues" strategy to build my vocabulary. This means I tried to understand new words by looking at how they were used in a sentence.
How I Tried It:
While reading a short article online, I came across the word "fragile." The sentence was:
"Be careful with the glass vase, it’s very fragile and might break easily."
From the sentence, I guessed that "fragile" means easy to break — and when I checked the dictionary, I was right!
New Words I Learned Today:
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Fragile – easily broken
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Predict – to guess what might happen next
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Recite – to say something from memory
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Fiction – a made-up story
Did It Work for Me?
Yes, it really helped me! I understood more without stopping all the time to check a dictionary, and it made reading easier and more fun.