SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/16/2010

Here is today's word list:

• aborigines (n.): The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
• admissible (adj.): Having the right or privilege of entry.
• ambrosial (adj.): Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
• apostle (n.): Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
• audacious (adj.): Fearless.
• bereave (v.): To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
• buffoon (n.): A clown.;
• chameleon (adj.): Changeable in appearance.
• complacence (n.): Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.
• consort (n.): A companion or associate.
• counterbalance (v.): To oppose with an equal force.
• deduce (v.): To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
• desistance (n.): Cessation.;
• dishabille (n.): Undress or negligent attire.
• dormant (adj.): Being in a state of or resembling sleep.
• emeritus (adj.): Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.;
• esthetic (adj.): Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.
• extension (n.): A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
• flora (n.): The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
• furlong (n.): A measure, one-eighth of a mile.
• ground (n.): A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk.
• hydraulic (adj.): Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion.;
• impliable (adj.): Capable of being inferred.
• indivertible (adj.): That can not be turned aside.
• insomnia (n.): Sleeplessness.
• invoke (v.): To call on for assistance or protection.;
• ladle (n.): A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids.
• liturgy (n.): A ritual.
• martial (adj.): Pertaining to war or military operations.
• misadventure (n.): An unlucky accident.
• myriad (n.): A vast indefinite number.
• numeration (n.): The act or art of reading or naming numbers.
• orate (v.): To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech.
• parable (n.): A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral.
• percolate (v.): To filter.
• pillory (n.): A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn.;
• precipitate (v.): To force forward prematurely.
• professor (n.): A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college.
• pyre (n.): A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
• recuperate (v.): To recover.
• reprisal (n.): Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy.
• safeguard (v.): To protect.
• sequel (n.): That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened.
• spherometer (n.): An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces.
• supercilious (adj.): Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.
• tercentenary (adj.): Pertaining to a period of 300 years.
• trebly (adv.): Triply.
• untoward (adj.): Causing annoyance or hindrance.
• viola (n.): A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.;

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.