How to learn words without a list

Spelling can be difficult, it is no lie. You may show up for a spelling bee and your first word could be something you have never heard of, take me for example. In 6th grade, I made it to the zone (district) spelling bee for the second time and was so proud of myself. I got there, and they used a different list My first word, was dichotomy. I was dead inside. I had done all that talking it up to my friends, to get out in the first round.

So how do you learn these random words? You could just read through a dictionary and hope for the best, but that will probably bore you and you won't remember as much. So in order to learn these random words, certain actions are required.


 * Find a good book and read it. You will likely remember what you read if it intrigues you
 * When in public, don't be on a phone as much as you could, stop and look around. You could find a word that may not seem useful, but then use it later.
 * Look through restaurant menus. There are tons of foods that are hard to spell.
 * Talk to people. You won't necessarily learn how to spell words, but you will learn how to pronounce them. This may not seem like a big deal, but it truly is.