Studying New Vocabulary

In this semester, I studied a lesson of Journal English. I got a lot of pressure of this lesson. Every week, we must recite 30 vocabularies at least, and have a test before the teacher start to the class. I didn’t know how to use most of the vocabulary which I read, so that the only ways for me just study them again and again. However, after the exam, I forget any vocabulary that I read. I think I must find out another ways to study and improve my vocabulary ability, as like write down the sentence of the vocabulary. Once I know how to use the vocabulary into the sentence, and then this word will be kept in my mind. Otherwise, if I study the new vocabulary only for the exam, it doesn’t any help for me to improve English. I think this is the better way for me to study it.