SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 08/26/2010

Here is today's word list:

• accomplice (n.): An associate in wrong-doing.
• aggress (v.): To make the first attack.
• animadversion (n.): The utterance of criticism or censure.
• aristocracy (n.): A hereditary nobility
• azure (n.): The color of the sky.
• blithesome (adj.): Cheerful.
• came (n.): A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
• classify (v.): To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance?s and differences.
• condescend (v.): To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.
• contrite (adj.): Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.;
• cull (v.): To pick or sort out from the rest.
• delusion (n.): Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.
• differentia (n.): Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species.
• dissipate (v.): To disperse or disappear.
• editorial (n.): An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument.
• enkindle (v.): To set on fire.
• exclusion (n.): Non-admission.;
• fancier (n.): One having a taste for or interest in special objects.
• foreordination (n.): Predestination.;
• geniality (n.): Warmth and kindliness of disposition.;
• heinous (adj.): Odiously sinful.
• illogical (adj.): Contrary to the rules of sound thought.
• incandescence (n.): The state of being white or glowing with heat.
• inflammation (n.): A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain.;
• intermittent (adj.): A temporary discontinuance.
• isochronous (adj.): Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time.
• legitimacy (n.): Accordance with law.
• luxuriant (adj.): Abundant or superabundant in growth.
• memento (n.): A souvenir.
• modification (n.): A change.
• negligee (n.): A loose gown worn by women.;
• occasion (n.): An important event or celebration.;
• outreach (v.): To reach or go beyond.
• patriotism (n.): Love and devotion to one's country.
• perspiration (n.): Sweat.
• poetic (adj.): Pertaining to poetry.
• preoccupation (n.): The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.
• proscribe (v.): To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.;
• rampart (n.): A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry.
• regnant (adj.): Exercising royal authority in one's own right.
• retention (n.): The keeping of a thing within one's power or possession.;
• scribe (n.): One who writes or is skilled in writing.
• sinuous (adj.): Curving in and out.
• stratagem (n.): Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage.
• syllabic (adj.): Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
• toilsome (adj.): Laborious.
• tyranny (n.): Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated.
• variable (adj.): Having a tendency to change.
• waif (n.): A homeless, neglected wanderer.

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.