SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 08/15/2010

Here is today's word list:

• accelerate (v.): To move faster.
• affront (n.): An open insult or indignity.
• anecdote (n.): A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
• archaic (adj.): Antiquated
• averse (adj.): Reluctant.
• biped (n.): An animal having two feet.
• cajole (v.): To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
• circumspect (adj.): Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.;
• conciliate (v.): To obtain the friendship of.
• continuation (n.): Prolongation.;
• criterion (n.): A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.;
• deject (v.): To dishearten.;
• diagnose (v.): To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena.
• dissection (n.): The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal.
• eatable (adj.): Edible.
• endurance (n.): The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing.
• exceed (v.): To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.
• facilitate (v.): To make easier.
• forecastle (n.): That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
• gastronomy (n.): The art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
• hardihood (n.): Foolish daring.
• ignoble (adj.): Low in character or purpose.
• inadmissible (adj.): Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony.
• inference (n.): The derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law.
• intercept (v.): To interrupt the course of.
• irreversible (adj.): Irrevocable.
• leaven (v.): To make light by fermentation, as dough.
• luminescence (n.): Showing increase.
• medial (adj.): Of or pertaining to the middle.
• miter (n.): The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.
• necromancer (n.): One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.
• obsolete (adj.): No longer practiced or accepted.
• outcast (n.): One rejected and despised, especially socially.
• partition (n.): That which separates anything into distinct parts.
• persiflage (n.): Banter.
• plenitude (n.): Abundance.
• prehensible (adj.): Capable of being grasped.
• propel (v.): To drive or urge forward.
• Quixotic (adj.): Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.
• refusal (n.): Denial of what is asked.
• resource (n.): That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support.
• savage (n.): A wild and uncivilized human being.
• signification (n.): The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs.
• stifle (v.): To smother.
• surround (v.): To encircle.
• thrall (n.): One controlled by an appetite or a passion.;
• turgid (adj.): Swollen.;
• vagabond (n.): A wanderer.
• volatile (adj.): Changeable.

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.