SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/04/2010

Here is today's word list:

• accurate (adj.): Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
• airy (adj.): Delicate, ethereal.
• annotate (v.): To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.;
• arrant (adj.): Notoriously bad.
• ballad (n.): Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
• bolster (v.): To support, as something wrong.
• cant (v.): To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
• coalescence (n.): The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.
• confer (v.): To bestow.
• convalesce (v.): To recover after a sickness.
• cursory (adj.): Rapid and superficial.
• demonstrable (adj.): Capable of positive proof.
• digress (v.): To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.
• disyllable (n.): A word of two syllables.
• effervescent (adj.): Giving off bubbles of gas.
• enshrine (v.): To keep sacred.
• exegesis (n.): Biblical exposition or interpretation.;
• feasible (adj.): That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.
• forgery (n.): Counterfeiting.
• gesticulate (v.): To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.
• herbivorous (adj.): Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals.
• imbibe (v.): To drink or take in.;
• incessant (adj.): Unceasing.
• infusion (n.): The act of imbuing, or pouring in.;
• intersect (v.): To cut through or into so as to divide.
• Jingo (n.): One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy.
• leviathan (n.): Any large animal, as a whale.
• madden (v.): To inflame with passion.;
• mercenary (adj.): Greedy
• monarchy (n.): Government by a single, sovereign ruler.
• neopaganism (n.): A new or revived paganism.
• octogenarian (adj.): A person of between eighty and ninety years.
• overdose (n.): An excessive dose, usually so large a dose of a medicine that its effect is toxic.
• peaceable (adj.): Tranquil.
• perusal (n.): The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.
• polyarchy (n.): Government by several or many persons of what- ever class.
• prerogative (adj.): Having superior rank or precedence.
• protective (adj.): Sheltering.
• rationalism (n.): The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority.
• rejoin (v.): To reunite after separation.;
• retrieve (v.): To recover something by searching.
• sear (v.): To burn on the surface.
• sleight (n.): A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation.;
• stupor (n.): Profound lethargy.
• symphonic (adj.): Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
• tortious (adj.): Wrongful.
• unaccountable (adj.): Inexplicable.
• vegetate (v.): To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties.
• weal (n.): Well-being.

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.