How would you fully understand the analogies, synonyms and antonynms better especially when it comes to unfamiliar words?

Answer 1

A good way to fully understand synonyms and antonyms with unfamiliar words is to make flash cards with the word on one side and the definition, synonyms, antonyms and examples on the other side. An example of a flash card is:

Front Side:     Succinct

Back Side:      Definition: Brief, clear “The man spoke in succinct sentences."                         Synonym:   short, brief  “Your report was short and brief.”

Antonym:     wordy, verbose “The presentation was too wordy.”

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