SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 08/03/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abstemious (adj.): Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
• aerial (adj.): Of, pertaining to, or like the air.
• amputate (v.): To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
• appropriate (adj.): Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
• autobiography (n.): The story of one's life written by himself.
• bibulous (adj.): Fond of drinking.
• butt (v.): To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
• Christ (n.): A title of Jesus
• compressible (adj.): Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
• contemplate (v.): To consider thoughtfully.
• crass (adj.): Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.
• deformity (n.): A disfigurement.
• detract (v.): To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.;
• displace (v.): To put out of the proper or accustomed place.
• dun (v.): To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.
• encompass (v.): To encircle.
• eventual (adj.): Ultimate.
• extremist (n.): One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
• foot-note (n.): A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.;
• galvanize (v.): To imbue with life or animation.;
• habitude (n.): Customary relation or association.;
• hysteria (n.): A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying.
• imprudent (adj.): Heedless.
• inexcusable (adj.): Not to be justified.
• intangible (adj.): Not perceptible to the touch.
• irreducible (adj.): That can not be lessened.
• laudable (adj.): Praiseworthy.
• loquacious (adj.): Talkative.
• maudlin (adj.): Foolishly and tearfully affectionate.
• misogyny (n.): Hatred of women.;
• nauseate (v.): To cause to loathe.
• oblique (adj.): Slanting; said of lines.
• orthopedist (n.): One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity
• parley (v.): To converse in.;
• permanent (adj.): Durable.
• plaudit (n.): An expression of applause.
• preengage (v.): To preoccupy.
• prologue (n.): A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.
• quay (n.): A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.
• refinery (n.): A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified.
• resent (v.): To be indignant at, as an injury or insult.
• sapience (n.): Deep wisdom or knowledge.
• shriek (n.): A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.
• static (adj.): Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
• supposition (n.): Conjecture.
• theology (n.): The branch of theological science that treats of God.
• triplicate (adj.): Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.
• usage (n.): Treatment.
• vitiate (v.): To contaminate.

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.