SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/27/2010

Here is today's word list:

• absence (n.): The fact of not being present or available.
• adverse (adj.): Opposing or opposed.
• amour (n.): A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
• apposite (adj.): Appropriate.
• auriferous (adj.): Containing gold.
• betroth (v.): To engage to marry.
• bureau (n.): A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
• chattel (n.): Any article of personal property.
• component (n.): A constituent element or part.
• consulate (n.): The place in which a consul transacts official business.
• covenant (n.): An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
• defiant (adj.): Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.;
• desultory (adj.): Not connected with what precedes.
• disobedience (n.): Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction.;
• drought (n.): Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.
• emporium (n.): A bazaar or shop.
• eureka Greek. I have found it. ():
• extradite (v.): To surrender the custody of.
• foible (n.): A personal weakness or failing.
• gaiety (n.): Festivity.
• gynecocracy (n.): Female supremacy.
• hypnotism (n.): An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion.;
• impregnable (adj.): That can not be taken by assault.
• inefficient (adj.): Not accomplishing an intended purpose.
• insular (adj.): Pertaining to an island.
• iridescent (adj.): Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the interference of the light.
• latent (adj.): Dormant.
• logic (n.): The science of correct thinking.
• materialize (v.): To take perceptible or substantial form.
• miser (n.): A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.
• narrator (n.): One who narrates anything.
• obese (adj.): Exceedingly fat.
• original (adj.): Not copied nor produced by imitation.;
• pare (v.): To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything.
• perhaps (adv.): Possibly.
• pittance (n.): Any small portion or meager allowance.
• prediction (n.): A prophecy.
• prohibition (n.): A decree or an order forbidding something.
• quantity (n.): Magnitude.
• redundance (n.): Excess.
• requiem (n.): A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead.
• sanctimonious (adj.): Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.
• severance (n.): Separation.;
• stagnation (n.): The condition of not flowing or not changing.
• supersede (v.): To displace.
• testimonial (n.): A formal token of regard, often presented in public.
• tricycle (n.): A three-wheeled vehicle.
• uproarious (adj.): Noisy.
• visage (n.): The face, countenance, or look of a person.

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.