SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 08/20/2010

Here is today's word list:

• accessory (n.): A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
• afterthought (n.): A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
• anew (adv.): Once more.
• archaeology (n.): The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.;
• avocation (n.): Diversion.;
• blatant (adj.): Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
• callow (adj.): Without experience of the world.
• clamorous (adj.): Urgent in complaint or demand.
• concur (v.): To agree.
• contradiction (n.): The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
• crustacean (adj.): Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.
• delicacy (n.): That which is agreeable to a fine taste.
• diaphanous (adj.): Transparent.
• dissentient (n.): One who disagrees.
• economize (v.): To spend sparingly.
• engender (v.): To produce.
• excerpt (n.): An extract or selection from written or printed matter.
• fallacious (adj.): Illogical.
• forehead (n.): The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair.
• generalize (v.): To draw general inferences.
• head first (adv.): Precipitately, as in diving.
• illegitimate (adj.): Unlawfully begotten.;
• inapprehensible (adj.): Not to be understood.
• infinite (adj.): Measureless.
• interlocutor (n.): One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion.;
• irritant (n.): A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension.;
• legging (n.): A covering for the leg.
• lunatic (n.): An insane person.;
• meditation (n.): The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind.
• moccasin (n.): A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin.;
• needlework (n.): Embroidery.
• obstruct (v.): To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part.
• outlaw (n.): A habitual lawbreaker.
• paternal (adj.): Fatherly.
• personality (n.): The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.
• plural (adj.): Containing or consisting of more than one.
• prelate (n.): One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy.
• propitious (adj.): Kindly disposed.
• radical (n.): One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures.
• regenerate (v.): To reproduce.
• resumption (n.): The act of taking back, or taking again.;
• scholastic (adj.): Pertaining to education or schools.
• simulate (v.): Imitate.
• stimulus (n.): Incentive.
• suspension (n.): A hanging from a support.
• tinge (n.): A faint trace of color.
• twinge (n.): A darting momentary local pain.;
• valedictorian (n.): Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution.;
• voracious (adj.): Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.

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.