SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 08/24/2010

Here is today's word list:

• accompanist (n.): One who or that which accompanies.
• aggravation (n.): The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
• angular (adj.): Sharp-cornered.
• ardor (n.): Intensity of passion or affection.;
• aye (adv.): An expression of assent.
• blemish (n.): A mark that mars beauty.
• Calvinism (n.): The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.;
• clarify (v.): To render intelligible.
• condensation (n.): The act or process of making dense or denser.
• contribution (n.): The act of giving for a common purpose.
• cudgel (n.): A short thick stick used as a club.
• delude (v.): To mislead the mind or judgment of.
• didactic (adj.): Pertaining to teaching.
• dissever (v.): To divide.
• edict (n.): That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.;
• enigma (n.): A riddle.
• exclamation (n.): An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling.
• famish (v.): To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst.
• foreman (n.): The head man.;
• generosity (n.): A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily.
• heedless (adj.): Thoughtless.
• illiterate (adj.): Having little or no book-learning.
• inborn (adj.): Implanted by nature.
• infirmity (n.): A physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw.
• intermission (n.): A recess.
• islet (n.): A little island.
• legislative (adj.): That makes or enacts laws.
• lustrous (adj.): Shining.
• melodious (adj.): Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds.
• modernity (n.): The state or character of being modern.;
• negation (n.): The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.;
• obvert (v.): To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object.
• outrage (n.): A gross infringement of morality or decency.
• patrician (adj.): Of senatorial or noble rank.
• perspicacity (n.): Acuteness or discernment.
• poesy (n.): Poetry.
• premise (n.): A judgment as a conclusion.;
• prosaic (adj.): Unimaginative.
• ramose (adj.): Branch-like.
• regimen (n.): A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits.
• retaliate (v.): To repay evil with a similar evil.
• scoundrel (n.): A man without principle.
• sinister (adj.): Evil.
• stolid (adj.): Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.
• Sybarite (n.): A luxurious person.;
• tiresome (adj.): Wearisome.
• typography (n.): The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter.
• vapid (adj.): Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.
• vulgarity (n.): Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.

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.