SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/09/2010

Here is today's word list:

• ablution (n.): A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
• adjacency (n.): The state of being adjacent.
• amalgam (n.): An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
• apex (n.): The highest point, as of a mountain.;
• atonement (n.): Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
• benevolence (n.): Any act of kindness or well-doing.
• bromine (n.): A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
• centurion (n.): A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
• comparative (adj.): Relative.
• consignee (n.): A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
• cosmography (n.): The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
• declarative (adj.): Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.;
• descendent (adj.): Proceeding downward.
• discriminate (v.): To draw a distinction.;
• dominate (v.): To influence controlling.
• embody (v.): To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.
• erroneous (adj.): Incorrect.
• exposure (n.): An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.
• flatulence (n.): Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels.
• fumigate (v.): To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection.;
• grievance (n.): That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong.
• humanize (v.): To make gentle or refined.
• impervious (adj.): Impenetrable.
• indignant (adj.): Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness.
• insignificant (adj.): Without importance, force, or influence.
• investigator (n.): One who investigates.
• labyrinth (n.): A maze.
• lithesome (adj.): Nimble.
• mantle (n.): A cloak.
• minion (n.): A servile favorite.
• municipality (n.): A district enjoying municipal government.
• nowhere (adv.): In no place or state.
• optics (n.): The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight.
• panorama (n.): A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene.
• penury (n.): Indigence.
• physiology (n.): The science of organic functions.
• precede (v.): To happen first.
• procrastination (n.): Delay.
• purgatory (n.): An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.
• recreant (n.): A cowardly or faithless person.;
• reprehend (v.): To find fault with.
• rupture (v.): To separate the parts of by violence.
• sentinel (n.): Any guard or watch stationed for protection.;
• spectator (n.): One who beholds or looks on.;
• suggestive (adj.): Stimulating to thought or reflection.;
• tenant (n.): An occupant.
• travail (n.): Hard or agonizing labor.
• unlimited (adj.): Unconstrained.
• vignette (n.): A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.

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.