SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/23/2010

Here is today's word list:

• acquiesce (v.): To comply; submit.
• aliment (n.): That which nourishes.
• anthology (n.): A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
• aspirant (n.): One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
• beau (n.): An escort or lover.
• bravado (n.): An aggressive display of boldness.
• carouse (v.): To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
• colleague (n.): An associate in professional employment.
• congest (v.): To collect into a mass.
• coquette (n.): A flirt.
• debase (v.): To lower in character or virtue.
• deplorable (adj.): Contemptible.
• disapprove (v.): To regard with blame.
• diversion (n.): Pastime.
• eject (v.): To expel.
• epicycle (n.): A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.
• exorbitance (n.): Extravagance or enormity.
• feudal (adj.): Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
• fraudulence (n.): Deceitfulness.
• Gordian knot (n.): Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners.
• Hibernian (adj.): Pertaining to Ireland, or its people.
• immovable (adj.): Steadfast.
• incompetence (n.): General lack of capacity or fitness.
• injunction (n.): Mandate.
• intrinsic (adj.): Inherent.
• juridical (adj.): Assumed by law to exist.
• ligament (n.): That which binds objects together.
• malaria (n.): A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating.
• metropolis (n.): A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.
• monstrosity (n.): Anything unnaturally huge or distorted.
• nocturnal (adj.): Of or pertaining to the night.
• omission (n.): Exclusion.;
• pacify (v.): To bring into a peaceful state.
• peerless (adj.): Of unequaled excellence or worth.
• phenomenon (n.): Any unusual occurrence.
• portfolio (n.): A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc.
• prevaricate (v.): To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.;
• provocation (n.): An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment.
• recapture (v.): To capture again.;
• remodel (v.): Reconstruct.
• rhetorician (n.): A showy writer or speaker.
• sedulous (adj.): Persevering in effort or endeavor.
• solvent (adj.): Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.
• subsequent (adj.): Following in time.
• tangible (adj.): Perceptible by touch.
• transferable (adj.): Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another.
• underman (v.): To equip with less than the full complement of men.;
• veracity (n.): Truthfulness.
• wiry (adj.): Thin, but tough and sinewy.

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.