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3 Reddit comments about Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder, Newest Edition:

u/MitchellN · 6 pointsr/GRE

Learn words in context and their bases, this is a great resource
https://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Websters-Vocabulary-Builder-completely-revised/dp/0877798559

u/native_pun · 5 pointsr/AskLiteraryStudies

Think about it like this: if you wanted to learn a new language, what would you do?

You would study. Consciously.

As an adult, that's how learning takes place. Programs and apps like Duolingo and Rosetta Stone offer the fantasy of passive learning, but in reality only children have the benefit of osmosis. Adults do not.

So to answer your question more directly: you have to devote time to memorizing words that you want to know. That's it. That's the only way. That means finding them, writing them down, coming up with mnemonics (seriously, this is the most important one), and using them in sentences. Not to mention: repetition. Review.

If you're trying to learn a specific discipline's discourse -- you are asking this question on /r/askliterarystudies after all -- take vocabulary from the books are papers in that field. For general vocabulary, consider the classic.

I don't know if this bears any resemblance to Franklin's method, but if it does, it's because it's effective.

u/AnnieMod · 3 pointsr/EnglishLearning

All of the big Advanced Learner dictionaries will work for that: Merriam-Webster's, Collins COBUILD, Cambridge, Oxford - American and so on.

However... studying vocabulary from a dictionary is not optimal. I like vocabulary builders for that a lot more: Merriam-Websters and Oxford American are the the two I had used - plus TOEFL, CPE and IELTS vocabulary books. And Swan's Practical English Usage - that last section is a gold mine - highlighting the small differences between words and expressions and whatsnot). And I had found Oxford Collocations Dictionary very useful as well.

And do not underestimate the online resources - all of the big dictionaries are also online and you can look up examples and explanations very easy.