SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/27/2010

Here is today's word list:

• acquit (v.): To free or clear, as from accusation.
• allegory (n.): The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
• antic (n.): A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.;
• assassin (n.): One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
• bedeck (v.): To cover with ornament.
• brazier (n.): An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
• caste (n.): The division of society on artificial grounds.
• collide (v.): To meet and strike violently.
• conjoin (v.): To unite.
• coronation (n.): The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
• decagon (n.): A figure with ten sides and ten angles.
• deport (v.): To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.
• disavowal (n.): Denial.
• divest (v.): To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
• electrotype (n.): A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin.;
• epigram (n.): A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.;
• expand (v.): To increase in range or scope.
• fickle (adj.): Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.
• freethinker (n.): One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.;
• gourd (n.): A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind.
• hinder (v.): To obstruct.
• impalpable (adj.): Imperceptible to the touch.
• incompressible (adj.): Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure.
• inmost (adj.): Deepest within.;
• introspect (v.): To look into.
• joust (v.): To engage in a tilt with lances on horseback.
• likelihood (n.): A probability.
• maleficent (adj.): Mischievous.
• microcosm (n.): The world or universe on a small scale.
• morality (n.): Virtue.
• nomad (adj.): Having no fixed abode.
• omniscient (adj.): Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge.
• pageant (n.): A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one.
• penance (n.): Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence.
• philanthropy (n.): Active humanitarianism.
• posse (n.): A force of men.;
• prim (adj.): Stiffly proper.
• prudence (n.): Caution.;
• recessive (adj.): Having a tendency to go back.
• remunerate (v.): To pay or pay for.
• ridiculous (adj.): Laughable and contemptible.
• seismograph (n.): An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes.
• somnolent (adj.): Sleepy.
• subsist (v.): To be maintained or sustained.
• tapestry (n.): A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings.
• transfigure (v.): To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to.
• underlie (v.): To be the ground or support of.
• verdant (adj.): Green with vegetation.;
• witticism (n.): A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment.

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.