Q&A for How to Memorize Words Quickly

To memorize a test, you would likely follow the same method as memorizing a script: repetition and visualization will be key.

To remember vocabulary words, try to create associations with the words, whether through mnemonic devices, sound patterns, or by visualizing the words. Since flashcards encourage "active recall," they are also an effective method for tasks related to repetition and memorization.

Follow the methods above: use word association, create mnemonics, visualize your material, or turn what you need to memorize into a song.

The best way is to read them in context or write them in context. The more you read and write the better. In the short term, draw a picture of the meaning of each word. This will help you use them in the right context.

Come up with a mnemonic (a phrase that helps you remember something), teach the word to someone else, get someone to test you, and repeat.

It depends on what kind of learner you are. It is useful to write the main words down, before making an acronym out of the first letter of every word. It is also useful to associate each main word with a picture and make sort of a cartoon in your head which you repeat when you're saying the words.

Of course, highlighting words or phrases is very useful for memorizing. This method is the "visual" method, however different people learn it different ways, so this may or may not work well for you. If you normally learn better by hearing things, repeat the words/phrases aloud.

Write down each word 5 times. Practicing reciting the words, list form, many times. Ask someone to quiz you.

Knowing the music can help singers memories lyrics to a song. Similarly, putting vocab words to music can help you memorize them too, much like the lyrics to a song.

You can use the second letter. Or you can use the first few letters of each word!

Once you learn the word's meaning, try to incorporate it into your vocabulary as often as possible. You could also use flash cards and quiz yourself until you've mastered it.

Have you tried making a story out of them. You can also grab an instrumental version of a song and make a parody on it with only the words you need to remember. Both of these methods can help.

Flash cards are very helpful. Make up sentences using the words.

That's asking quite a lot of yourself. All you can do is go over the list several times and hope for the best. Next time start a lot earlier.

It's not impossible, but it would be difficult.