SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/13/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abominate (v.): To hate violently.
• adjuration (n.): A vehement appeal.
• ambidextrous (adj.): Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
• apology (n.): A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
• attest (v.): To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
• benignity (n.): Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
• brotherhood (n.): Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
• cessation (n.): Discontinuance, as of action or motion.;
• competent (adj.): Qualified.
• consolidate (v.): To combine into one body or system.
• cosmos (n.): The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement.
• decoy (n.): Anything that allures, or is intended to allure into danger or temptation.;
• desiccant (n.): Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
• disengage (v.): To become detached.
• donator (n.): One who makes a donation or present.
• emerge (v.): To come into view or into existence.
• espy (v.): To keep close watch.
• extemporaneous (adj.): Done or made without much or any preparation.;
• flimsy (adj.): Thin and weak.
• fungous (adj.): Spongy.
• grisly (adj.): Fear-inspiring.
• hustle (v.): To move with haste and promptness.
• impiety (n.): Irreverence toward God.
• indiscriminate (adj.): Promiscuous.
• insistent (adj.): Urgent.
• invigorate (v.): To animate.
• lacteal (adj.): Milky.
• litigate (v.): To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law.
• marine (adj.): Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea.
• minute (adj.): Exceedingly small in extent or quantity.
• mutation (n.): The act or process of change.
• nude (adj.): Naked.
• opulence (n.): Affluence.
• pantoscope (n.): A very wide-angled photographic lens.
• perception (n.): Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world.
• piece (n.): A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass.
• precession (n.): The act of going forward.
• prodigy (n.): A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities.
• purveyor (n.): one who supplies
• recruit (v.): To enlist men for military or naval service.
• repressible (adj.): Able to be kept under restraint or control.
• sacrificial (adj.): Offering or offered as an atonement for sin.;
• septennial (adj.): Recurring every seven years.
• speculator (n.): One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit.
• superadd (v.): To add in addition to what has been added.
• tense (adj.): Strained to stiffness.
• treasonable (adj.): Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance.
• unsophisticated (adj.): Showing inexperience.
• vindicative (adj.): Revengeful.

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.