SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/12/2010

Here is today's word list:

• acetic (adj.): Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
• alcohol (n.): A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
• ante (v.): In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
• artifice (n.): Trickery.
• bask (v.): To make warm by genial heat.
• bosom (n.): The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
• caption (n.): A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc.
• cognate (adj.): Akin.;
• confiscate (v.): To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.
• conversion (n.): Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.
• cynosure (n.): That to which general interest or attention is directed.
• denizen (n.): Inhabitant.
• diminution (n.): Reduction.;
• distinction (n.): A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.
• effluvium (n.): A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.
• entirety (n.): A complete thing.
• exhaustible (adj.): Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.;
• feminine (adj.): Characteristic of woman or womankind.
• forthright (adv.): With directness.
• glacier (n.): A field or stream of ice.
• hesitant (adj.): Vacillating.
• immeasurable (adj.): Indefinitely extensive.
• incipience (n.): Beginning.
• ingredient (n.): Component.
• intolerable (adj.): Insufferable.
• judicature (n.): Distribution and administration of justice by trial and judgment.
• libel (n.): Defamation.;
• magnetize (v.): To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily.
• metamorphosis (n.): A passing from one form or shape into another.
• monogram (n.): A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.
• neural (adj.): Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.
• odorous (adj.): Having an odor, especially a fragrant one.
• overproduction (n.): Excessive production.;
• pedagogue (n.): A schoolmaster.
• pervious (adj.): Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance.
• polytheism (n.): The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one.
• presentiment (n.): Foreboding.
• protract (v.): To prolong.
• readjust (v.): To put in order after disarrangement.
• reliant (adj.): Having confidence.
• revere (v.): To regard with worshipful veneration.;
• secondly (adv.): In the second place in order or succession.;
• Sol (n.): The sun.;
• subjugate (v.): To conquer.
• synopsis (n.): A syllabus or summary.
• tranquilize (v.): To soothe.
• unbiased (adj.): Impartial, as judgment.
• vendition (n.): The act of selling.
• whereupon (adv.): After which.

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.