SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/05/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abidance (n.): An abiding.
• adherence (n.): Attachment.
• altitude (n.): Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
• antonym (n.): A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
• athirst (adj.): Wanting water.
• beneficent (adj.): Characterized by charity and kindness.
• broadcast (adj.): Disseminated far and wide.
• census (n.): An official numbering of the people of a country or district.
• commodity (n.): Something that is bought and sold.
• conservatism (n.): Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
• corruption (n.): Loss of purity or integrity.
• decipher (v.): To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
• derive (v.): To deduce, as from a premise.
• discover (v.): To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived.
• domesticity (n.): Life in or fondness for one's home and family.
• embellish (v.): To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
• equivocate (v.): To use words of double meaning.
• explosive (adj.): Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.
• fixture (n.): One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position.;
• fugacious (adj.): Fleeting.
• gravity (n.): Seriousness.
• hostility (n.): Enmity.
• impersonate (v.): To appear or act in the character of.
• indigenous (adj.): Native.
• inseparable (adj.): That can not be separated.
• inventive (adj.): Quick at contrivance.
• knickknack (n.): A small article, more for ornament that use.
• literacy (n.): The state or condition of knowing how to read and write.
• manliness (n.): The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc.
• millet (n.): A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.
• multiform (adj.): Having many shapes, or appearances.
• notorious (adj.): Unfavorably known to the general public.
• opposite (adj.): Radically different or contrary in action or movement.
• panegyric (n.): A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
• pentameter (n.): In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet.
• physics (n.): The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
• prattle (v.): To utter in simple or childish talk.
• procedure (n.): A manner or method of acting.
• pungent (adj.): Affecting the sense of smell.
• reconsider (v.): To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action.;
• replenish (v.): To fill again, as something that has been emptied.
• rue (v.): To regret extremely.
• sensuous (adj.): Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury.
• specie (n.): A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal.
• sufficiency (n.): An ample or adequate supply.
• temporize (v.): To pursue a policy of delay.
• transpire (v.): To come to pass.
• unison (n.): A condition of perfect agreement and accord.
• vicissitude (n.): A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.
• zephyr (n.): Any soft, gentle wind.

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.