SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/07/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abjure (v.): To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
• adhesion (n.): The state of being attached or joined.
• altruism (n.): Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
• apathy (n.): Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
• atomizer (n.): An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
• beneficiary (n.): One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
• brogue (n.): Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
• centiliter (n.): A hundredth of a liter.
• commute (v.): To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
• conservatory (n.): An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.;
• cosmic (adj.): Pertaining to the universe.
• declamation (n.): A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
• derrick (n.): An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
• discreet (adj.): Judicious.
• dominance (n.): Ascendancy.
• emblazon (v.): To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
• errant (adj.): Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
• expository (adj.): Pertaining to a formal presentation.;
• flagrant (adj.): Openly scandalous.
• fulminate (v.): To cause to explode.
• grenadier (n.): A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature.
• humane (adj.): Compassionate.
• impertinence (n.): Rudeness.
• indigestible (adj.): Not digestible, or difficult to digest.
• insight (n.): Intellectual discernment.
• inversion (n.): Change of order so that the first shall become last and the last first.
• knighthood (n.): Chivalry.
• literature (n.): The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively.
• manor (n.): The landed estate of a lord or nobleman.;
• miniature (adj.): Much smaller than reality or that the normal size.
• mundane (adj.): Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial.
• novice (n.): A beginner in any business or occupation.;
• optic (n.): Pertaining to the eye or vision.;
• panic (n.): A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear.
• penultimate (adj.): A syllable or member of a series that is last but one.
• physiognomy (n.): The external appearance merely.
• precarious (adj.): Perilous.
• proclamation (n.): Any announcement made in a public manner.
• punitive (adj.): Pertaining to punishment.
• recourse (n.): Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.
• replica (n.): A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original.
• ruminant (adj.): Chewing the cud.
• sentience (n.): Capacity for sensation or sense-perception.;
• specimen (n.): One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class.
• suffuse (v.): To cover or fill the surface of.
• tempter (n.): An allurer or enticer to evil.
• transposition (n.): The act of reversing the order or changing the place of.
• Unitarian (adj.): Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.
• vigilance (n.): Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.

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.