Ask HN: What methods do you follow to improve your vocabulary?

1 beratbozkurt0 1 8/15/2025, 1:18:51 PM

I've recently been working on an app that will make memorizing vocabulary easier. But before I share it, I wanted to hear your tips.

I learn faster by creating flashcards. By spending 10 minutes a day, I learned over 500 words in about 2-3 weeks.

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da-x · 44m ago

I dislike flash cards, preferring to answer open questions instead, where you have to fill a word in a sentence. Open questions also prevent rot learning.

LLMs are really good at generating such open questions.

E.g. "The committee was ______ to the proposal, provided that a few minor adjustments were made to address public concerns." - I generated this using a simple prompt. Guess the word that needs to be filled in :)

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Ask HN: What methods do you follow to improve your vocabulary?

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