SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/28/2010

Here is today's word list:

• acquittal (n.): A discharge from accusation by judicial action.
• alleviate (v.): To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
• Antichrist (n.): Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
• assassinate (v.): To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.;
• bedlam (n.): Madhouse.
• breach (n.): The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.;
• castigate (v.): To punish.
• collier (n.): One who works in a coal-mine.
• conjugal (adj.): Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
• coronet (n.): Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.;
• decagram (n.): A weight of 10 grams.
• deportment (n.): Demeanor.
• disbeliever (n.): One who refuses to believe.
• divination (n.): The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.;
• elegy (n.): A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
• epilogue (n.): The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.
• expanse (n.): A continuous area or stretch.
• fictitious (adj.): Created or formed by the imagination.;
• free trade (n.): Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.
• graceless (adj.): Ungracious.
• hindmost (adj.): Farthest from the front.
• impartial (adj.): Unbiased.
• inconceivable (adj.): Incomprehensible.
• innocuous (adj.): Harmless.
• introspection (n.): The act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings.
• justification (n.): Vindication.;
• likely (adj.): Plausible.
• malevolence (n.): Ill will.
• micrometer (n.): An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions.
• moralize (v.): To render virtuous.
• nomic (adj.): Usual or customary.
• omnivorous (adj.): Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately.
• palate (n.): The roof of the mouth.
• penchant (n.): A bias in favor of something.
• philately (n.): The study and collection of stamps.
• possess (v.): To own.;
• prima (adj.): First.
• prudential (adj.): Proceeding or marked by caution.;
• recidivist (n.): A confirmed criminal.
• remuneration (n.): Compensation.;
• rife (adj.): Abundant.
• seize (v.): To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
• sonata (n.): An instrumental composition.;
• subsistence (n.): Sustenance.
• tarnish (v.): To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way.
• transfuse (v.): To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another.
• underling (n.): A subordinate.
• verification (n.): The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.
• wittingly (adv.): With knowledge and by design.

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.