SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/16/2010

Here is today's word list:

• acid (n.): A sour substance.
• alderman (n.): A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.
• antedate (v.): To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
• ascent (n.): A rising, soaring, or climbing.
• battalion (n.): A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
• bountiful (adj.): Showing abundance.
• cardiac (adj.): Pertaining to the heart.
• cohesive (adj.): Having the property of consistency.
• conformance (n.): The act or state or conforming.
• convivial (adj.): Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
• dastard (n.): A base coward.
• denote (v.): To designate by word or mark.
• diplomat (n.): A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.
• distraught (adj.): Bewildered.
• effusion (n.): an outpouring.
• entree (n.): The act of entering.
• exhume (v.): To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
• fervent (adj.): Ardent in feeling.
• fracture (n.): A break.
• glimpse (n.): A momentary look.
• heterogeneous (adj.): Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds.
• immigrant (n.): A foreigner who enters a country to settle there.
• incitement (n.): That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus.
• inhospitable (adj.): Not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously.
• intoxicate (v.): To make drunk.
• juggle (v.): To play tricks of sleight of hand.
• licit (adj.): Lawful.
• maharaja (n.): A great Hindu prince.
• metaphysics (n.): The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science.
• monomania (n.): The unreasonable pursuit of one idea.
• nevertheless conj. Notwithstanding. ():
• officious (adj.): Intermeddling with what is not one's concern.;
• overseer (n.): A supervisor.
• peddle (v.): To go about with a small stock of goods to sell.
• peter (v.): To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value.
• ponder (v.): To meditate or reflect upon.;
• presumptuous (adj.): Assuming too much.
• protuberant (adj.): Bulging.
• reassure (v.): To give new confidence.
• reluctance (n.): Unwillingness.
• revile (v.): To heap approach or abuse upon.;
• secretive (adj.): Having a tendency to conceal.
• soldier (n.): A person engaged in military service.
• submerge (v.): To place or plunge under water.
• taciturn (adj.): Disinclined to conversation.;
• transatlantic (adj.): Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic.
• unconscious (adj.): Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc.
• venerate (v.): To cherish reverentially.
• whimsical (adj.): Capricious.

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.