SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 08/14/2010

Here is today's word list:

• accede (v.): To agree.
• affluence (n.): A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
• ancestry (n.): One's ancestors collectively.
• arcade (n.): A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
• aver (v.): To assert as a fact.
• biology (n.): The science of life or living organisms.
• caitiff (adj.): Cowardly.
• circumscribe (v.): To confine within bounds.
• concession (n.): Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.
• continuance (n.): Permanence.
• crevice (n.): A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.
• deity (n.): A god, goddess, or divine person.;
• diacritical (adj.): Marking a difference.
• dissect (v.): To cut apart or to pieces.
• earthenware (n.): Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.;
• endurable (adj.): Tolerable.
• excavate (v.): To remove by digging or scooping out.
• facile (adj.): Not difficult to do.
• forecast (v.): To predict.
• gastritis (n.): Inflammation of the stomach.
• hard-hearted (adj.): Lacking pity or sympathy.
• idolize (v.): To regard with inordinate love or admiration.;
• inadequate (adj.): Insufficient.
• infamy (n.): Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation.;
• intercede (v.): To mediate between persons.
• irreverential (adj.): Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
• leaflet (n.): A little leaf or a booklet.
• luminescent (adj.): Showing increase of light.
• meddlesome (adj.): Interfering.
• mite (n.): A very small amount, portion, or particle.
• necrology (n.): A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
• obsolescent (adj.): Passing out of use, as a word.
• outburst (n.): A violent issue, especially of passion in an individual.
• participate (v.): To receive or have a part or share of.
• persevere (v.): To continue striving in spite of discouragements.
• plenipotentiary (n.): A person fully empowered to transact any business.
• prefix (v.): To attach at the beginning.
• propagate (v.): To spread abroad or from person to person.;
• quite (adv.): Fully.
• refringent (adj.): Having the power to refract.
• resonate (v.): To have or produce resonance.
• satyr (n.): A very lascivious person.;
• significant (adj.): Important, especially as pointing something out.
• sterling (adj.): Genuine.
• surrogate (n.): One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.
• thoroughfare (n.): A public street or road.
• truthful (adj.): Veracious.
• vacuum (n.): A space entirely devoid of matter.
• volant (adj.): Flying or able to fly.

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.