SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/02/2010

Here is today's word list:

• accumulate (v.): To become greater in quantity or number.
• aide-de-camp (n.): An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
• annex (v.): To add or affix at the end.
• arrange (v.): To put in definite or proper order.
• bale (n.): A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
• bolero (n.): A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
• canine (adj.): Characteristic of a dog.
• coagulate (v.): To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by ferment.
• confederacy (n.): A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.
• contuse (v.): To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.;
• curio (n.): A piece of bric-a-brac.
• demobilize (v.): To disband, as troops.
• dignitary (n.): One who holds high rank.
• dissuade (v.): To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.
• effeminate (adj.): Having womanish traits or qualities.
• enrage (v.): To infuriate.
• execration (n.): An accursed thing.
• fawn (n.): A young deer.
• forfeit (v.): To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.;
• germinate (v.): To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.
• herbaceous (adj.): Having the character of a herb.
• imaginable (adj.): That can be imagined or conceived in the mind.
• inception (n.): The beginning.
• infringe (v.): To trespass upon.;
• interrogatory (n.): A question or inquiry.
• jaundice (n.): A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin.;
• levee (n.): An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow.
• machinist (n.): One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools.
• mentor (n.): A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend.
• momentous (adj.): Very significant.
• neo-Darwinsim (n.): Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students.
• octave (n.): A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other.
• outweigh (v.): To surpass in importance or excellence.
• pavilion (n.): An open structure for temporary shelter.
• perturb (v.): To disturb greatly.
• pollen (n.): The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.
• prepossession (n.): A preconceived liking.
• protagonist (n.): A leader in any enterprise or contest.
• raptorial (adj.): Seizing and devouring living prey.
• reinstate (v.): To restore to a former state, station, or authority.
• retract (v.): To recall or take back (something that one has said).
• scythe (n.): A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc.
• skiff (n.): Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.
• stultify (v.): To give an appearance of foolishness to.
• sympathetic (adj.): Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others.
• torpor (n.): Apathy.
• ultramontane (adj.): Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side).
• vegetal (adj.): Of or pertaining to plants.
• wavelet (n.): A ripple.

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.