SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/04/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abhorrent (adj.): Very repugnant; hateful.
• adhere (v.): To stick fast or together.
• alternative (n.): Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
• antitoxin (n.): A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
• atheism (n.): The denial of the existence of God.
• benefice (n.): A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
• broach (v.): To mention, for the first time.
• censorious (adj.): Judging severely or harshly.
• committal (n.): The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
• consensus (n.): A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
• corruptible (adj.): Open to bribery.
• decimate (v.): To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
• derivative (adj.): Coming or acquired from some origin.;
• discountenance (v.): To look upon with disfavor.
• domain (n.): A sphere or field of action or interest.
• embarrass (v.): To render flustered or agitated.
• equivocal (adj.): Ambiguous.
• explosion (n.): A sudden and violent outbreak.
• fitful (adj.): Spasmodic.
• fruition (n.): Fulfillment.
• gratuity (n.): That which is given without demand or claim. Tip.
• hospitality (n.): The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness.
• impersonal (adj.): Not relating to a particular person or thing.
• indigence (n.): Poverty.
• insentient (adj.): Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving.
• inveigh (v.): To utter vehement censure or invective.
• knead (v.): To mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with the hands.
• listless (adj.): Inattentive.
• manlike (adj.): Like a man.;
• Milky Way (n.): The galaxy.
• muleteer (n.): A mule-driver.
• noticeable (adj.): Perceptible.
• opportunity (n.): Favorable or advantageous chance or opening.
• pandemonium (n.): A fiendish or riotous uproar.
• pentahedron (n.): A solid bounded by five plane faces.
• physicist (n.): A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
• prate (v.): To talk about vainly or foolishly.
• probity (n.): Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
• punctual (adj.): Observant and exact in points of time.
• reconnoiter (v.): To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes.
• repine (v.): To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.
• rudimentary (adj.): Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development.
• sensual (adj.): Pertaining to the body or the physical senses.
• specialty (n.): An employment limited to one particular line of work.
• sufferance (n.): Toleration.;
• temporary (adj.): Lasting for a short time only.
• transparent (adj.): Easy to see through or understand.
• unique (adj.): Being the only one of its kind.
• viceroy (n.): A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.
• zenith (n.): The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness.

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.