SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 08/25/2010

Here is today's word list:

• accompany (v.): To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
• aggregate (n.): The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
• anhydrous (adj.): Withered.
• arid (adj.): Very dry.
• azalea (n.): A flowering shrub.
• blithe (adj.): Joyous.
• Calvinize (v.): To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
• clarion (n.): A small shrill trumpet or bugle.
• condense (v.): To abridge.
• contributor (n.): One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
• culinary (adj.): Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.;
• deluge (v.): To overwhelm with a flood of water.
• difference (n.): Dissimilarity in any respect.
• dissimilar (adj.): Different.
• edify (v.): To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.;
• enjoin (v.): To command.
• exclude (v.): To shut out purposely or forcibly.
• fanatic (n.): A religious zealot.
• foreordain (v.): To predetermine.
• genesis (n.): Creation.;
• heifer (n.): A young cow.
• ill-natured (adj.): Surly.
• inbred (adj.): Innate.
• inflammable (adj.): Easily set on fire or excited.
• intermit (v.): To cause to cease temporarily.
• isobar (n.): A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment.
• legislator (n.): A lawgiver.
• luxuriance (n.): Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity.
• melodrama (n.): A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents.
• modernize (v.): To make characteristic of the present or of recent times.
• neglectful (adj.): Exhibiting or indicating omission.;
• obviate (v.): To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty.
• outrageous (adj.): Shocking in conduct.
• patrimony (n.): An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father.
• perspicuous (adj.): Lucid.
• poetaster (n.): An inferior poet.
• premonition (n.): Foreboding.
• proscenium (n.): That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra.
• rampant (adj.): Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint.
• regiment (n.): A body of soldiers.
• retch (v.): To make an effort to vomit.
• scribble (n.): Hasty, careless writing.
• sinuosity (n.): The quality of curving in and out.
• strait (n.): A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
• sycophant (n.): A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.
• Titanic (adj.): Of vast size or strength.
• tyrannical (adj.): Despotic.
• vaporizer (n.): An atomizer.
• vulnerable (adj.): Capable of receiving injuries.

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.