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Nov 20, 2014 04:28PM
Do you look up new words as you come across them in your reading or do you skip them and just discern the meaning from the context? What's the latest word you've learned?
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If I'm reading on my Nook or Kindle I can easily just look up the words, but if I'm reading in a physical book I only tend to look up the word if I'm really intrigued by the way it's used.
I skip them mostly because I completely forget to look up the word. Plus it takes time to look it up. I already have a small vocabulary, so chances of me actually remembering what that words means are very slim unfortunately. :(
I actually read with notecards and pens so that I can quickly write down any word that stuns me and write down the meaning of it then and there. Sometimes this doesn't work out, but for the most part I'll have about 3-6 words that I can look up and find intriguing.


