SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/29/2010

Here is today's word list:

• absolution (n.): Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
• advert (v.): To refer incidentally.
• ampersand (n.): The character &; and.
• appraise (v.): To estimate the money value of.
• auspice (n.): favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
• bevel (n.): Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
• burgess (n.): In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.
• chiffon (n.): A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
• composure (n.): Calmness.
• consumption (n.): Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
• covey (n.): A flock of quails or partridges.
• deficient (adj.): Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.
• deteriorate (v.): To grow worse.
• disown (v.): To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself.
• drudgery (n.): Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.;
• emulate (v.): To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
• evanesce (v.): To vanish gradually.
• extrajudicial (adj.): Happening out of court.
• foliage (n.): Any growth of leaves.
• gait (n.): Carriage of the body in going.
• gyrate (v.): To revolve.
• hypocrisy (n.): Extreme insincerity.
• impromptu (n.): Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment.
• ineligible (adj.): Not suitable to be selected or chosen.;
• insuperable (adj.): Invincible.
• irksome (adj.): Wearisome.
• later (adv.): At a subsequent time.
• logician (n.): An expert reasoner.
• matinee (n.): An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime.
• misinterpret (v.): To misunderstand.
• nasal (adj.): Pertaining to the nose.
• obituary (adj.): A published notice of a death.
• ornate (adj.): Ornamented to a marked degree.
• Pariah (n.): A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.
• periodicity (n.): The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.
• placid (adj.): Serene.
• predominant (adj.): Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.
• prohibitory (adj.): Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
• quarrelsome (adj.): Irascible.
• reestablish (v.): To restore.
• requital (n.): Adequate return for good or ill.
• sanctity (n.): Holiness.
• sextet (n.): A band of six singers or players.
• staid (adj.): Of a steady and sober character.
• supplant (v.): To take the place of.
• theism (n.): Belief in God.
• triennial (adj.): Taking place every third year.
• upturn (v.): To throw into confusion.;
• vista (n.): A view or prospect.

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.