SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/11/2010

Here is today's word list:

• acetate (n.): A salt of acetic acid.
• alchemy (n.): Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
• Antarctic (adj.): Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
• Arthurian (adj.): Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
• baritone (adj.): Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
• borough (n.): An incorporated village or town.;
• caprice (n.): A whim.
• cogent (adj.): Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
• confinement (n.): Restriction within limits or boundaries.
• conversant (adj.): Thoroughly informed.
• cynicism (n.): Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
• dendrology (n.): The natural history of trees.
• dilute (v.): To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something.
• distiller (n.): One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors.
• efflorescent (adj.): Opening in flower.
• enthusiastic (adj.): Full of zeal and fervor.
• exhaust (v.): To empty by draining off the contents.
• felony (n.): One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment.
• forth (adv.): Into notice or view.
• glacial (adj.): Icy, or icily cold.
• hesitancy (n.): A pausing to consider.
• immature (adj.): Not full-grown.;
• incinerate (v.): To reduce to ashes.
• ingratitude (n.): Insensibility to kindness.
• intimidate (v.): To cause to become frightened.
• judgment (n.): The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached.
• liable (adj.): Justly or legally responsible.
• magnet (n.): A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone.
• metallurgy (n.): The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting.
• monogamy (n.): The habit of pairing, or having but one mate.
• network (n.): Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.
• odoriferous (adj.): Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one.
• overpower (v.): To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power.
• pedagogics (n.): The science and art of teaching.
• pervert (n.): One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false.
• polytechnic (adj.): Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts.
• presentient (adj.): Perceiving or feeling beforehand.
• prototype (n.): A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.
• readily (adv.): Without objection or reluctance.
• reliance (n.): Dependence.
• revelation (n.): A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown.;
• secondary (adj.): Less important or effective than that which is primary.
• sociology (n.): The philosophical study of society.
• subjection (n.): The act of bringing into a state of submission.;
• synonym (n.): A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.
• tranquil (adj.): Calm.
• unbelief (n.): Doubt.
• vendible (adj.): Marketable.
• whereabouts (n.): The place in or near which a person or thing is.

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.