SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/02/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abeyance (n.): A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
• addle (v.): To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
• altercate (v.): To contend angrily or zealously in words.
• antispasmodic (adj.): Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
• astringent (adj.): Harsh in disposition or character.
• benediction (n.): a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
• Briticism (n.): A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
• cede (v.): To pass title to.
• commission (v.): To empower.
• consecrate (v.): To set apart as sacred.
• corrosion (n.): Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.;
• deciduous (adj.): Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
• derision (n.): Ridicule.
• discontinuance (n.): Interruption or intermission.;
• dolor (n.): Lamentation.;
• embargo (n.): Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.
• equity (n.): Fairness or impartiality.
• explicit (adj.): Definite.
• fishmonger (n.): One who sells fish.
• frowzy (adj.): Slovenly in appearance.
• gratify (v.): To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need.
• hosiery (n.): A stocking.
• imperious (adj.): Insisting on obedience.
• indicator (n.): One who or that which points out.
• insecure (adj.): Not assured of safety.
• invasion (n.): Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass.
• kinsfolk (n.): pl. Relatives.
• liquidate (v.): To deliver the amount or value of.
• maniac (n.): a person raving with madness.
• militate (v.): To have weight or influence (in determining a question).
• muffle (v.): To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.
• Norman (adj.): Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France.
• opportune (adj.): Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment.
• Pan-American (adj.): Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.
• pentad (n.): The number five.
• photometer (n.): Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights.
• powerless (adj.): Impotent.
• probation (n.): Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like.
• pulmonary (adj.): Pertaining to the lungs.
• recollect (v.): To recall the knowledge of.
• repertory (n.): A place where things are stored or gathered together.
• rote (n.): Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention.;
• sensitive (adj.): Easily affected by outside operations or influences.
• spasmodic (adj.): Convulsive.
• succulent (adj.): Juicy.
• temerity (n.): Recklessness.
• transmit (v.): To send trough or across.
• univalence (n.): Monovalency.
• veto (n.): The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.
• zealot (n.): One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner.

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.