SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/06/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abject (adj.): Sunk to a low condition.
• adherent (adj.): Clinging or sticking fast.
• alto (n.): The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
• anxious (adj.): Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
• athwart (adv.): From side to side.
• beneficial (adj.): Helpful.
• brogan (n.): A coarse, heavy shoe.
• centenary (adj.): Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
• commotion (n.): A disturbance or violent agitation.;
• conservative (adj.): Adhering to the existing order of things.
• cosmetic (adj.): Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.;
• decisive ad. Conclusive. ():
• dermatology (n.): The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
• discredit (v.): To injure the reputation of.
• domicile (n.): The place where one lives.
• embezzle (v.): To misappropriate secretly.
• eradicate (v.): To destroy thoroughly.
• exposition (n.): Formal presentation.;
• flag-officer (n.): The captain of a flag-ship.
• fulcrum (n.): The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.
• gregarious (adj.): Not habitually solitary or living alone.
• huckster (n.): One who retails small wares.
• impersuadable (adj.): Unyielding.
• indigent (adj.): Poor.
• insidious (adj.): Working ill by slow and stealthy means.
• inverse (adj.): Contrary in tendency or direction.;
• knight errant (n.): One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure.
• literal (adj.): Following the exact words.
• mannerism (n.): Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct.
• mimic (v.): To imitate the speech or actions of.
• multiplicity (n.): the condition of being manifold or very various.
• novellette (n.): A short novel.
• opprobrium (n.): The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil.
• panel (n.): A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame.
• pentathlon (n.): The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants.
• physiocracy (n.): The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth.
• preamble (n.): A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows.
• proceed (v.): To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption.;
• pungency (n.): The quality of affecting the sense of smell.
• reconstruct (v.): To rebuild.
• replete (adj.): Full to the uttermost.
• ruffian (adj.): A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.
• sentence (n.): A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.
• species (n.): A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus.
• suffrage (n.): The right or privilege of voting.
• tempt (v.): To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.
• transplant (v.): To remove and plant in another place.
• unisonant (adj.): Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.
• vie (v.): To contend.
• zodiac (n.): An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets.

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.