SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 08/05/2010

Here is today's word list:

• abstruse (adj.): Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
• aeronautics (n.): the art or practice of flying aircraft
• anachronism (n.): Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
• aqueous (adj.): Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
• autocrat (n.): Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
• biennial (n.): A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
• buttress (n.): Any support or prop.
• Christendom (n.): That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.
• comprise (v.): To consist of.
• contemporary (adj.): Living or existing at the same time.
• creak (n.): A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
• defray (v.): To make payment for.
• detrude (v.): To push down forcibly.
• disputation (n.): Verbal controversy.
• duplicity (n.): Double-dealing.
• encourage (v.): To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
• evict (v.): To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.
• extricate (v.): Disentangle.
• foppish (adj.): Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.
• gambol (n.): Playful leaping or frisking.
• haggard (adj.): Worn and gaunt in appearance.
• ichthyology (n.): The branch of zoology that treats of fishes.
• impugn (v.): To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations.
• inexorable (adj.): Unrelenting.
• intellect (n.): The faculty of perception or thought.
• irrefrangible (adj.): That can not be broken or violated.
• laudatory (adj.): Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise.
• lough (n.): A lake or loch.
• mawkish (adj.): Sickening or insipid.
• misrepresent (v.): To give a wrong impression.;
• nautical (adj.): Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.;
• oblivion (n.): The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten.;
• osculate (v.): To kiss.
• parlor (n.): A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.
• permissible (adj.): That may be allowed.
• playful (adj.): Frolicsome.
• preexist (v.): To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else.
• promenade (v.): To walk for amusement or exercise.
• query (v.): To make inquiry.
• reflection (n.): The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any form of energy that travels in waves.
• residue (n.): A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated.
• sapiential (adj.): Possessing wisdom.
• shrivel (v.): To draw or be drawn into wrinkles.
• stationary (adj.): Not moving.
• suppressible (adj.): Capable of being suppressed.
• theorist (n.): One given to speculating.
• tripod (n.): A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument.
• usurp (v.): To take possession of by force.
• vivacity (n.): Liveliness.

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.