SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 06/23/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abbey (n.): The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
• acrimony (n.): Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.
• allude (v.): To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
• antipathize (v.): To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
• assessor (n.): An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
• belate (v.): To delay past the proper hour.
• bric-a-brac (n.): Objects of curiosity or for decoration.;
• catastrophe (n.): Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
• collusion (n.): A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
• connoisseur (n.): A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
• corpse (n.): A dead body.
• decamp (v.): To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
• deprecate (v.): To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
• disciple (n.): One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine.
• divulgence (n.): A divulging.
• Elizabethan (adj.): Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.
• epitome (n.): A simplified representation.;
• expectorate (v.): To cough up and spit forth.
• finale (n.): Concluding performance.
• frightful (adj.): Apt to induce terror or alarm.
• grandiloquent (adj.): Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.
• homage (n.): Reverential regard or worship.
• impeccable (adj.): Blameless.
• inconstant (adj.): Changeable.
• inopportune (adj.): Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time.
• intuition (n.): Instinctive knowledge or feeling.
• kernel (n.): A grain or seed.
• lingo (n.): Language.
• mallet (n.): A wooden hammer.
• midsummer (n.): The middle of the summer.
• moribund (adj.): On the point of dying.
• non-existent (n.): That which does not exist.
• onus (n.): A burden or responsibility.
• pall (v.): To make dull by satiety.
• penetrate (v.): To enter or force a way into the interior parts of.
• philosophize (v.): To seek ultimate causes and principles.
• postdate (v.): To make the date of any writing later than the real date.
• principality (n.): The territory of a reigning prince.
• pseudonymity (n.): The state or character of using a fictitious name.
• reck (v.): To have a care or thought for.
• renunciation (n.): An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege.
• rigorous (adj.): Uncompromising.
• semiconscious (adj.): Partially conscious.
• sophistical (adj.): Fallacious.
• subtle (adj.): Discriminating.
• technicality (n.): Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like.
• transient (n.): One who or that which is only of temporary existence.
• underworld (n.): Hades.
• vernacular (n.): The language of one's country.
• workmanship (n.): The art or skill of a workman.

How To Master These Words

1. Create or buy a notebook. It can be named SAT/ACT Vocabulary Notebook or you can create your own name. You will be keeping your weekly words, definitions and assignments in this notebook.
2. Write the words and definitions in your vocabulary notebook.
3. Create your own sentence using each word and write this in your vocabulary notebook.
4. Make Flashcards - Write the word on one side of an index card and put the definition and a sentence on the opposite side. You can find ideas for making flashcards on the Internet by clicking on the link: Resources showing how to create your own flashcards.
5. Online Flashcard Game: Go to this site. lingro.com. Click on "wordlist" at the top of the page. Then click on "create new wordlist." Enter your word list for the week. When finished, click on "games" at the top of the page. Then click on "flashcards" and select your list. See if you can name the definition on each word before clicking on it to see the answer.
6. Use this dictionary link to check the pronounciation of each word. Type each word in the box on the left, then click the sound icon to listen.
7. Use TokBox to practice saying the words aloud. Register to get a free account. Click on "Send a Video Message." A box will open to set up your computer microphone and camera. Click "allow". Press the red "Record" button to begin. Press the "Stop" button when you are finished. Once you have practiced saying the words and recording it, send the video you created to your email account and listen to your video message. Send it to your parents' email account also to show them what you are learning.
8. Create your own crossword puzzle. Click on this link. Enter your words and your clues (definition), then click "Create Crossword Now." A new web page will appear. You can put a title on your puzzle if you wish, then click "Create Crossword." Print this out and complete the puzzle. Insert the completed work in your vocabulary notebook.