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Flashcards and vocabulary

Spaced repetition, review intervals and building your own deck.

Flashcards use spaced repetition: after each review you rate how well you knew the card, and Poomio schedules the next showing just before you would forget it.

  • Rate honestly — marking cards "easy" when you guessed breaks the schedule.
  • Cards you miss come back sooner; cards you know drift further apart.
  • Vocabulary works the same way with high-frequency SAT words.
  • A short daily review beats long occasional sessions.

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