how do you review vocab without literally dying of boredom

ok so im trying to review these super dry words like business expenses and neutrality and my brain literally shuts off after two seconds. is there a trick to not fall asleep?? wait actually maybe im just doing srs wrong? like is it dumb to just read book plot summaries instead of doing flashcards? idk i feel like im retaining zero things and everything just blurs together. help lol