SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 08/17/2010

Here is today's word list:

• access (n.): A way of approach or entrance; passage.
• afoot (adv.): In progress.
• anemic (adj.): Affected with anemia.
• archangel (n.): An angel of high rank.
• avert (v.): To turn away or aside.
• bitterness (n.): Acridity, as to the taste.
• calculable (adj.): That may be estimated by reckoning.
• cite (v.): To refer to specifically.
• conclusive (adj.): Sufficient to convince or decide.
• continuous (adj.): Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
• crockery (n.): Earthenware made from baked clay.
• delectable (adj.): Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
• dialect (n.): Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
• disseminate (v.): To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.;
• eccentric (adj.): Peculiar.
• enervate (v.): To render ineffective or inoperative.
• excellence (n.): Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.
• facsimile (n.): An exact copy or reproduction.;
• forefather (n.): An ancestor.
• genealogy (n.): A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants.
• havoc (n.): Devastation.;
• Iliad (n.): A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy.
• inadvisable (adj.): Unadvisable.
• infest (v.): To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger.
• intercessor (n.): A mediator.
• irrigate (v.): To water, as land, by ditches or other artificial means.
• left-handed (adj.): Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right.
• luminous (adj.): Giving or radiating light.
• medicine (n.): A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties.
• mnemonics (n.): A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances.
• necrosis (n.): the death of part of the body.
• obstetrics (n.): The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy.
• outdo (v.): To surpass.
• passible (adj.): Capable of feeling of suffering.
• persistence (n.): A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.
• plumb (n.): A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something.
• prehension (n.): The act of laying hold of or grasping.
• propeller (n.): One who or that which propels.
• racy (adj.): Exciting or exhilarating to the mind.
• regale (v.): To give unusual pleasure.
• resplendent (adj.): Very bright.
• scabbard (n.): The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon.;
• simile (n.): A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself.
• stiletto (n.): A small dagger.
• susceptibility (n.): A specific capability of feeling or emotion.;
• timbre (n.): The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch.
• tutelage (n.): The act of training or the state of being under instruction.;
• vainglory (n.): Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
• volitive (adj.): Exercising the will.

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.