[JoeGuardsman]

Languages are easy, especially if you aren't trying to speak them. It is just a system with maybe a few exceptions. You should be used to exceptions in rule systems after playing GW games.
My trick for vocabulary if you want to learn words for real is this. Try to remember the word three different times spaced out over the course of the day. Staring at the book and repeating or rewriting something only puts a constant strain on your short term memory and that is only going to frustrate you when the word falls right out when you finish studying. I study Japanese every day so it is easier to do this but what I do is place my study materials around my room and I run into the words accidentally. Also never have the word and the definition in the same place. Make sure you at least need to turn the paper over. It's all a matter of getting it into your long term memory.