How to Make Vocabulary Cards

Whether you are studying a foreign language or preparing for a standardized test, vocabulary cards, or flash cards, are an effective and simple way to memorize vocabulary words. If you plan a few months ahead by making and memorizing five new cards every day, you can learn a substantial amount of material with little effort, and you will retain the knowledge for a long time.

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  Gather the words you need. If you are studying for a standardized test such as the SATs or GREs, you can look in a test prep book or online to find lists of words you'll need to know. If you're studying a foreign language, you can find lists of words in any foreign language textbook.

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  Referring to your word list, write a word on one side of an index card. On the other side of the index card, write that word's definition.

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  Repeat this process until you have made as many cards as you like.