SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/14/2010

Here is today's word list:

• Achillean (adj.): Invulnerable.
• alcove (n.): A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
• antecedent (n.): One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
• ascendant (adj.): Dominant.
• baste (v.): To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
• botanize (v.): To study plant-life.
• captivate (v.): To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.
• cohere (v.): To stick together.
• confluence (n.): The place where streams meet.
• convex (adj.): Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.
• darkling (adv.): Blindly.
• denomination (n.): A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
• diphthong (n.): The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
• distain (v.): To subject a person to distress.
• effulgence (n.): Splendor.
• entrails (n.): pl. The internal parts of an animal.
• exhaustive (adj.): Thorough and complete in execution.;
• ferocious (adj.): Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.
• fortitude (n.): Patient courage.
• glazier (n.): One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows.
• heterodox (adj.): At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion.;
• immerse (v.): To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid.
• incisor (n.): A front or cutting tooth.
• inherent (adj.): Intrinsic.
• intolerant (adj.): Bigoted.
• judiciary (n.): That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice.
• liberate (v.): To set free or release from bondage.
• magnificent (adj.): Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action.;
• metaphysical (adj.): Philosophical.
• monolith (n.): Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.
• neuter (adj.): Neither masculine nor feminine.
• offhand (adv.): Without preparation.;
• overrun (v.): To infest or ravage.
• pedal (n.): A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines.
• pestilent (adj.): Having a malign influence or effect.
• pomposity (n.): The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
• preservation (n.): Conservation.;
• protrusion (n.): The act of protruding.
• realism (n.): The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist.
• reliquary (n.): A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.
• reversion (n.): A return to or toward some former state or condition.;
• secrecy (n.): Concealment.
• solar (adj.): Pertaining to the sun.;
• sublingual (adj.): Situated beneath the tongue.
• tableau (n.): An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
• transalpine (adj.): Situated on the other side of the Alps.
• uncommon (adj.): Rare.
• veneer (n.): Outside show or elegance.
• wherewith (n.): The necessary means or resources.

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.