SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/17/2010

Here is today's word list:

• acidify (v.): To change into acid.
• aldermanship (n.): The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
• antediluvian (adj.): Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
• ascetic (adj.): Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.;
• batten (n.): A narrow strip of wood.
• Bowdlerize (v.): To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
• cardinal (adj.): Of prime or special importance.
• coincide (v.): To correspond.
• conformable (adj.): Harmonious.
• convolution (n.): A winding motion.;
• datum (n.): A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
• denouement (n.): That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.
• diplomatic (adj.): Characterized by special tact in negotiations.
• distrust (n.): Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.;
• egoism (n.): The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self.
• entrench (v.): To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall.
• exigency (n.): A critical period or condition.;
• fervid (adj.): Intense.
• fragile (adj.): Easily broken.;
• globose (adj.): Spherical.
• heteromorphic (adj.): Deviating from the normal form or standard type.
• immigrate (v.): To come into a country or region from a former habitat.
• incoercible (adj.): Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled.
• inhuman (adj.): Savage.
• intracellular (adj.): Occurring or situated within a cell.
• jugglery (n.): The art or practice of sleight of hand.
• liege (adj.): Sovereign.;
• maidenhood (n.): Virginity.
• mete (v.): To apportion.;
• monopoly (n.): The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price.
• Newtonian (adj.): Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.
• offshoot (n.): Something that branches off from the parent stock.
• overshadow (v.): To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison.;
• pedestal (n.): A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase.
• petrify (v.): To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character.
• ponderous (adj.): Unusually weighty or forcible.
• pretension (n.): A bold or presumptuous assertion.;
• protuberate (v.): To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface.
• rebellious (adj.): Insubordinate.
• reluctant (adj.): Unwilling.
• revisal (n.): Revision.;
• sedate (adj.): Even-tempered.
• solecism (n.): Any violation of established rules or customs.
• submergence (n.): The act of submerging.
• tack (n.): A small sharp-pointed nail.
• transcend (v.): To surpass.
• unction (n.): The art of anointing as with oil.
• venereal (adj.): Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.
• whine (v.): To utter with complaining tone.

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.