SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/13/2010

Here is today's word list:

• ache (v.): To be in pain or distress.
• alcoholism (n.): A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
• antecede (v.): To precede.
• artless (adj.): Ingenuous.
• bass (adj.): Low in tone or compass.
• botanical (adj.): Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
• captious (adj.): Hypercritical.
• cognizant (adj.): Taking notice.
• conflagration (n.): A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
• convertible (adj.): Interchangeable.
• daring (adj.): Brave.
• denominate (v.): To give a name or epithet to.
• dimly (adv.): Obscurely.
• distort (v.): To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
• effrontery (n.): Unblushing impudence.
• entomology (n.): The branch of zoology that treats of insects.
• exhaustion (n.): Deprivation of strength or energy.
• fernery (n.): A place in which ferns are grown.;
• fortify (v.): To provide with defensive works.
• gladden (v.): To make joyous.
• hesitation (n.): Vacillation.;
• immense (adj.): Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity.
• incipient (adj.): Initial.
• inherence (n.): The state of being permanently existing in something.
• intolerance (n.): Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure.
• judicial (adj.): Pertaining to the administration of justice.
• liberalism (n.): Opposition to conservatism.
• magnificence (n.): The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power.
• metaphor (n.): A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other.
• monograph (n.): A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.
• neurology (n.): The science of the nervous system.
• off (adj.): Farther or more distant.
• overreach (v.): To stretch out too far.
• pedagogy (n.): The science and art of teaching
• pestilence (n.): A raging epidemic.
• pommel (v.): To beat with something thick or bulky.
• presentment (n.): Semblance.
• protrude (v.): To push out or thrust forth.
• ready (adj.): In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion.;
• relinquish (v.): To give up using or having.
• reverent (adj.): Humble.
• second-rate (adj.): Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc.
• solace (n.): Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.
• subliminal (adj.): Being beneath the threshold of consciousness.
• systematic (adj.): Methodical.
• tranquility (n.): Calmness.
• unbridled (adj.): Being without restraint.
• vendor (n.): A seller.
• wherever (adv.): In or at whatever place.

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.