SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/12/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abominable (adj.): Very hateful.
• adjunct (n.): Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
• amatory (adj.): Designed to excite love.
• apogee (n.): The climax.
• attache (n.): A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
• benignant (adj.): Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
• brooch (n.): An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
• ceremonious (adj.): Observant of ritual.
• competence (n.): Adequate qualification or capacity.
• console (v.): To comfort.
• cosmopolitanism (n.): A cosmopolitan character.
• decorous (adj.): Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
• desert (v.): To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
• disenfranchise (v.): To deprive of any right privilege or power
• donate (v.): To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause.
• embroil (v.): To involve in dissension or strife.
• eschew (v.): To keep clear of.
• extant (adj.): Still existing and known.;
• flexible (adj.): Pliable.
• fungible (adj.): That may be measured, counted, or weighed.
• grindstone (n.): A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.
• hussar (n.): A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine.
• impetus (n.): Any impulse or incentive.
• indiscreet (adj.): Lacking wise judgment.
• insistence (n.): Urgency.
• invidious (adj.): Showing or feeling envy.
• lactation (n.): The secretion of milk.
• litigant (n.): A party to a lawsuit.
• manumit (v.): To set free from bondage.
• minority (n.): The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided.
• muster (n.): An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off.
• nucleus (n.): A central point or part about which matter is aggregated.
• optometry (n.): Measurement of the powers of vision.;
• pantomime (n.): Sign-language.
• perceptible (adj.): Cognizable.
• piccolo (n.): A small flute.
• precedential (adj.): Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
• prodigious (adj.): Immense.
• purport (n.): Intent.
• recrudescent (adj.): Becoming raw or sore again.;
• repress (v.): To keep under restraint or control.
• sacrifice (v.): To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar.
• separatist (n.): A seceder.
• speculate (v.): To pursue inquiries and form conjectures.
• superabundance (n.): An excessive amount.
• tenor (n.): A settled course or manner of progress.
• treachery (n.): Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith.
• unsettle (v.): To put into confusion.;
• vindicatory (adj.): Punitive.

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.