SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/10/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abnegate (v.): To renounce (a right or privilege).
• adjacent (n.): That which is near or bordering upon.
• amalgamate (v.): To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
• aphorism (n.): Proverb.
• atrocious (adj.): Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
• benevolent (adj.): Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
• bronchitis (n.): Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
• cereal (adj.): Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.
• comparison (n.): Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
• consignor (n.): One who entrusts.
• cosmology (n.): The general science of the universe.
• declension (n./adj.): The change of endings in nouns and to express their different relations of gender.
• descent (n.): The act of moving or going downward.
• discursive (adj.): Passing from one subject to another.
• domination (n.): Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority.
• embolden (v.): To give courage to.
• erudite (adj.): Very-learned.
• expressive (adj.): Full of meaning.
• flection (n.): The act of bending.
• functionary (n.): An official.
• grievous (adj.): Creating affliction.;
• humbug (n.): Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead.
• impetuosity (n.): Rashness.
• indignity (n.): Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment.
• insinuate (v.): To imply.
• investor (n.): One who invests money.
• lacerate (v.): To tear rudely or raggedly.
• lithograph (n.): A print made by printing from stone.
• manufacturer (n.): A person engaged in manufacturing as a business.
• ministration (n.): Any religious ceremonial.
• munificence (n.): A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.
• noxious (adj.): Hurtful.
• optimism (n.): The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best.
• pantheism (n.): The worship of nature for itself or its beauty.
• perambulate (v.): To walk about.
• physique (n.): The physical structure or organization of a person.;
• precedence (n.): Priority in place, time, or rank.
• proctor (n.): An agent acting for another.
• purl (v.): To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
• recreate (v.): To refresh after labor.
• reprehensible (adj.): Censurable.
• rustic (adj.): Characteristic of dwelling in the country.
• separable (adj.): Capable of being disjoined or divided.
• specter (n.): Apparition.;
• summary (n.): An abstract.
• tendency (n.): Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end.
• travesty (n.): A grotesque imitation.;
• unnatural (adj.): Artificial.
• vincible (adj.): Conquerable.

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.