SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/19/2010

Here is today's word list:

• acknowledgment (n.): Recognition.
• alien (n.): One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.
• antemundane (adj.): Pertaining to time before the world's creation.;
• asexual (adj.): Having no distinct sexual organs.
• bauble (n.): A trinket.
• boycott (v.): To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.
• caricature (n.): a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.
• coincident (adj.): Taking place at the same time.
• conformity (n.): Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
• convoy (n.): A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.;
• day-man (n.): A day-laborer.
• dentifrice (n.): Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
• disagree (v.): To be opposite in opinion.;
• diurnal (adj.): Daily.
• egotism (n.): Self-conceit.
• enumerate (v.): To name one by one.
• existence (n.): Possession or continuance of being.
• festal (adj.): Joyous.
• glorious (adj.): Of excellence and splendor.
• hexapod (adj.): Having six feet.
• imminent (adj.): Dangerous and close at hand.
• incoherent (adj.): Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details.
• inimical (adj.): Adverse.
• intrepid (adj.): Fearless and bold.
• juicy (adj.): Succulent.
• lieu (n.): Stead.
• maintenance (n.): That which supports or sustains.
• meticulous (adj.): Over-cautious.
• monotone (n.): The sameness or monotony of utterance.
• nihilist (n.): An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.;
• ointment (n.): A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists.
• overthrow (v.): To vanquish an established ruler or government.
• pediatrics (n.): The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood.
• petulant (adj.): Displaying impatience.
• populace (n.): The common people.
• preternatural (adj.): Extraordinary.
• provident (adj.): Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.
• rebuild (v.): To build again or anew.
• reminiscence (n.): The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience.
• revocation (n.): Repeal.
• sediment (n.): Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
• solicitude (n.): Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear.
• submersion (n.): The act of submerging.
• tactician (n.): One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness.
• transcontinental (adj.): Extending or passing across a continent.
• undeceive (v.): To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs.
• venison (n.): The flesh of deer.
• wield (v.): To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command.

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.