SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 06/28/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abduction (n.): A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
• acumen (n.): Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
• aloof (adv.): Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
• antiquate (v.): To make old or out of date.
• assonance (n.): Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
• belle (n.): A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
• brimstone (n.): Sulfur.
• caucus (n.): A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.
• commemorate (v.): To serve as a remembrance of.
• conscience (n.): The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
• corrigible (adj.): Capable of reformation.;
• deceitful (adj.): Fraudulent.
• depth (n.): Deepness.
• discomfit (v.): To put to confusion.;
• dogmatic (adj.): Making statements without argument or evidence.
• elusion (n.): Evasion.;
• equanimity (n.): Evenness of mind or temper.
• expend (v.): To spend.
• finery (n.): That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
• frizz (v.): To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.
• granulate (v.): To form into grains or small particles.
• homophone (n.): A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
• imperative (adj.): Obligatory.
• indelible (adj.): That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed.
• inroad (n.): Forcible encroachment or trespass.
• kimono (n.): A loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan.;
• liniment (n.): A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc.
• mane (n.): The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion.;
• migratory (adj.): Wandering.
• mountaineer (n.): One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.
• nonentity (n.): A person or thing of little or no account.
• operator (n.): One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus.
• paly (adj.): Lacking color or brilliancy.
• pennant (n.): A small flag.
• phonogram (n.): A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound.
• potent (adj.): Physically powerful.
• privilege (n.): A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions.
• pudgy (adj.): Small and fat.
• reclusory (n.): A hermitage.
• repeal (v.): To render of no further effect.
• rondo (n.): A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.
• senile (adj.): Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age.
• sordid (adj.): Of degraded character or nature.
• success (n.): A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted.
• telepathy (n.): Thought-transference.
• translucence (n.): The property or state of allowing the passage of light.
• unfavorable (adj.): Adverse.
• vertical (adj.): Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon.;
• writhe (v.): To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress.

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.