Using Flash Cards

(If you've never used flash cards: Write the word on one side of a blank 3x5 card and the definition on the other. Go through the deck with the word side up and mentally define it; then turn the card over to see if you are right. Then shuffle the deck and turn it over so the definition side is up. Read the definition and say the word. Turn the card over to see if you are right. After you have gone through the deck a few times set aside the cards with the words you know. Add the cards with the words you still don't know to your next set of words and continue the process. Every once and awhile go through the deck of discards to make sure the words are still familiar. This technique also works when studying foreign languages or building a vocabulary of technical terms.)