My strategy to remember and to costruction my vocabulary consist of:
CONTEXT CLUES:
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phrases that introduce |
words |
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A contrasts |
But, hower, instead of, on the other man, on the contrary |
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Examples |
Such as, for examples, for instance, to illustrate, to include, like |
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experience clue |
includes a familiar experience or information you already know. |
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adjacent clue |
nearby sentence that explains the meaning of the unfamiliar word |
TO THE WORD FAMILIES:
Prefixes (before the words)
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Base word |
prefixed |
Type of meaning |
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possible |
IM-possible |
Opposite |
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Able |
IN-able |
Opposite/negation |
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Payment |
NON-paiment |
negation |
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war |
PRE-war |
before |
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terrestrial |
EXTRA-terrestrial |
outside |
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cook |
OVER-cook |
Too much |
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lead |
MIS-lead |
incorresctly |
Suffixes (after the words)
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Base word |
Suffixes |
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state |
State-MENT |
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possible |
Possib-ILITY (le changes to il+ity) |
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forget |
Forget-FUL |
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create |
Creat-ION (no e, changes to ION) |
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heavy |
HeavI-NESS (Y changes to i) |
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permit |
Permi-SS-ION (t changes to ss +ION) |
VERBS SUFFIXES (use –ATE/-EN/-IFY), for example: Complic-ATE
ADVERBS (use –LY/-WARDS/-WISE), for example: quick-LY