Learning Strategies Vocabulary

noun A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.

verb A word that expresses an action or a state of being.

adverb A word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

preposition A word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence.

article A word that is used to specify a noun as either definite (the) or indefinite (a/an).

• I will dive into the details of the report during our meeting.
• Let's dive into this new project and see what we can come up with.
• I'm ready to dive into this party and have a great time.
• She decided to dive into her emotions and confront her fears head on.

noun the awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes

• Metacognition refers to the ability to think about one's own thinking process.
• I've been working on improving my metacognition skills in order to study more effectively.
• Dude, you need to up your metacognition game if you want to ace that test.
• Just like a captain steers a ship, metacognition helps steer your thoughts in the right direction.

verb to make someone or something familiar with something by repeated exposure or practice

• It takes time to accustom oneself to a new work environment.
• I need to accustom myself to waking up early for this new job.
• I'm still trying to accustom to this crazy weather.
• She had to accustom herself to the idea of living far away from her family.