Week of May 6th Vocabulary Builder: Building Vocabulary by Association

Building an impressive vocabulary for the SAT and GRE requires you to memorize many words, but sometimes you can build your vocabulary by making an association. Here is an example of how this could work.

Hard work pays off, but how might one describes a person with a great work ethic and who never quits? We might describe this person as:

1. Diligent - done of pursued with persevering attention
2. Sedulous - diligent in application or attention; persevering
3. Assiduous - constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious
4. Tenacious - holding together; cohesive; not easily pulled asunder
5. Indefatigable  - incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue
6. Industrious - working energetically and devotedly; hard-working

You can learn more about this technique here: http://www.literacyandnumeracyforadults.com/resources/355536.