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Ari Deng's avatar

love the idea of the word map!! definitely been wanting to improve my diction lately as well, thank you for writing this 🫶🏼 being well-spoken is soooo in for 2025

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Arden Yum's avatar

Sooooo in

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ella's avatar

wait this is so good i have words i always read and assume the meaning off based on the context but always discover it means the opposite of what i thought. although ive started collecting new words i’ve learnt (in korean as well as english) i want to start doing this actively

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Arden Yum's avatar

Exactly this!!! So many times I look up a definition of a word and realize I had it completely wrong

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thelowlywriter's avatar

What do you call a person who likes collecting words?

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Linda's avatar

Brilliant idea to make it bilingual too, two birds and one stone!

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Desiree's avatar

Rt, that's happens to me every time, and I try to keep the meaning about that new word, and it's totally not working.

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Jade Fabello's avatar

Fun idea, I want to try this!

Also, for the godless among us who read things on desktop, I recommend Google Dictionary as a Chrome extension. You can just highlight a word and get the definition there

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Arden Yum's avatar

Ooh

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amanda vieira (soopermandy)'s avatar

I absolutely loved this! It's especially convenient when you speak two languages and it feels like your vocabulary is deteriorating in both. And it sounds like fun!

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Arden Yum's avatar

That makes sense!

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Terrance Reynolds's avatar

that you remain fluent in two natural languages satisfies my invented criterion for "intellectual", invented by recognising my own failure to have such fluency, despite years & years of flailing away And squandering my most promising opportunity at 5 to 7 years of age exposed to bilingual (Portuguese English) rote learning in Brazil. I have since read of studies suggesting evidence that 1. chronological age offers brief windows for such opportunities or 2.various circumstances (a bilingual family or multi-tribal Indigenous circumstance for two,but there are others)offer promise for acquiring proficient bilingualism.

3. for later life acquisition I found some promise in voluntary immersion, wandering long enough through Latin America while reading Spanish newspapers, primary school texts (again) needing clues from road signs & shop names to navigate wanderspace and struggling at rudimentary communication with Spanish only local speakers - that sort of immersion for 2 or 3 months would provide me with a functional travel Spanish which would disappear shortly upon re-immersion in some prorochial English language environment, just as my promising start with acquiring Portuguese at age 5 to 7 went away once back in Maryland, USA in 1951...

4. so now I have exposed a sad deficiency of Intellect and dedication realised to late in life (at 82) to overcome [ but it's still fun to write about this piddly Lonesome Loser shit & maybe, if improbably, offer clues of use to much younger readers, Thank You ]

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Elle's avatar

this is so so important and your map is genius

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Arden Yum's avatar

Adore you

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Judy MacMahon's avatar

Fabulous but can someone do this for me in the French language? Any takers ;)

Judy

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Arden Yum's avatar

I wish I could

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Kelsey Tang's avatar

Recently picked up reading books again and I was able to recognize one of the words u used — “inveigle”!! That type of recognition feels like a dopamine hit. Thank u for the idea of a word map + flash cards combo!!

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Arden Yum's avatar

Omg!!! Yes totally an addicting feeling

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Isabella Nesheiwat's avatar

omg yes! i need to do this for 2025. do you by any chance remember what list you found with the vocabulary words you used? every one i've found has words like "a" and "very", which don't really have a definition in this context.

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Arden Yum's avatar

Ah I looked up "GRE vocab words" ahahah

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Isabella Nesheiwat's avatar

thank you sm!!

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nico's avatar

loved this loved this loved this!! word map is genius … flash cards are a heaven send 🩷 thank you angel

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Arden Yum's avatar

Thank youuu Nico

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Nick Coke's avatar

Have an hour and a half flight later, me and the flashcards will be getting acquainted! Great piece and thanks for the list.

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Arden Yum's avatar

Yesssss!!!!

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Treekllr's avatar

Words are alot of fun. One thing ive noticed is my vocabulary naturally expands the more i read(books). This occurs whether or not i actively encourage it(by looking up word definitions or etymology). I think it has more to do with how my brain works than learning new words. Bc new words will just come to mind at the right time. And i really love etymology. Thats where the real fun is, finding out where a mundane word comes from, has changed over time, or birthed other, often far spread words.

Im not much for studying flashcards, but i like the map idea. I think i do that in my head somewhat, put words in their place, so to speak.

I also want to note that many people around you may be resistant to attempts to expand their vocabulary, so tread lightly in that regard..

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Arden Yum's avatar

Totally agree with the reading point

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Alysha Rose's avatar

Love this idea so much and is something I am going to begin integrating into my day! May I ask where you retrieved the original list of words?

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Arden Yum's avatar

Thank you!! I looked up GRE vocab words

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Alia Abdulla's avatar

Your word map speaks to me on another level - thank you for the idea!

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Arden Yum's avatar

Thank you Alia!!

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Marliza's avatar

Thank you for your flashcards! I know what I’m doing today.

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Arden Yum's avatar

Thank you!!!

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tery's avatar

okay, what?? you are a GENIUS

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Arden Yum's avatar

❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Maxxie's avatar

I love this idea soo much and I'll see to actively learning and using new words and knowing their meanings too.

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