SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/31/2010

Here is today's word list:

• absorb (v.): To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
• advisory (adj.): Not mandatory.
• amphitheater (n.): An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
• apprehend (v.): To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
• autarchy (n.): Unrestricted power.
• bibliomania (n.): The passion for collecting books.
• burnish (v.): To make brilliant or shining.
• cholera (n.): An acute epidemic disease.
• comprehension (n.): Ability to know.
• contagion (n.): The communication of disease from person to person.;
• coxswain (n.): One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.
• deflect (v.): To cause to turn aside or downward.
• determination (n.): The act of deciding.
• disparity (n.): Inequality.
• duckling (n.): A young duck.
• enamor (v.): To inspire with ardent love.
• evangelical (adj.): Seeking the conversion of sinners.
• extraordinary (adj.): Unusual.
• folk-lore (n.): The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people.
• galore (adj.): Abundant.
• habitable (adj.): Fit to be dwelt in.;
• hypodermic (adj.): Pertaining to the area under the skin.;
• impropriety (n.): The state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inappropriate.
• inert (adj.): Inanimate.
• insurgence (n.): Uprising.
• irradiance (n.): Luster.
• latish (adj.): Rather late.
• loneliness (n.): Solitude.
• matrimony (n.): The union of a man and a woman in marriage.
• mismanage (v.): To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully.
• nationality (n.): A connection with a particular nation.;
• objector (n.): One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling.
• orthodoxy (n.): Acceptance of the common faith.
• Parisian (adj.): Of or pertaining to the city of Paris.
• perjure (v.): To swear falsely to.
• planisphere (n.): A polar projection of the heavens on a chart.
• preeminence (n.): Special eminence.
• proletarian (n.): A person of the lowest or poorest class.
• quarterly (adj.): Occurring or made at intervals of three months.
• referrer (n.): One who refers.
• rescind (v.): To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority.
• sanguine (adj.): Having the color of blood.
• sheer (adj.): Absolute.
• stanchion (n.): A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.
• supplementary (adj.): Being an addition to.
• theocrasy (n.): The mixed worship of polytheism.
• trinity (n.): A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.
• urbanity (n.): Refined or elegant courtesy.
• visualize (v.): To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.

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.