SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 09/30/2010

Here is today's word list:

• acreage (n.): Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
• alliance (n.): Any combination or union for some common purpose.
• anticyclone (n.): An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
• assay (n.): The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
• befriend (v.): To be a friend to, especially when in need.
• breech (n.): The buttocks.
• casualty (n.): A fatal or serious accident or disaster.
• colloquial (adj.): Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
• conjugation (n.): The state or condition of being joined together.
• corporate (adj.): Belonging to a corporation.;
• decalogue (n.): The ten commandments.
• depositor (n.): One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
• disburse (v.): To pay out or expend, as money from a fund.
• divisible (adj.): Capable of being separated into parts.
• elicit (v.): To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
• episode (n.): An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.
• expatriate (v.): To drive from one's own country.
• fiducial (adj.): Indicative of faith or trust.
• fresco (n.): The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.
• gradient (adj.): Moving or advancing by steps.
• hirsute (adj.): Having a hairy covering.
• impassible (adj.): Not moved or affected by feeling.
• inconsequential (adj.): Valueless.
• innuendo (n.): Insinuation.;
• introvert (v.): To turn within.;
• juxtapose (v.): To place close together.
• limitation (n.): A restriction.;
• malign (v.): To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely.
• microscope (n.): An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects.
• morbid (adj.): Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.
• nominate (v.): To designate as a candidate for any office.
• onrush (n.): Onset.
• paleontology (n.): The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms.
• pendulous (adj.): Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part.
• philogynist (n.): One who is fond of women.;
• possessive (adj.): Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.
• primeval (adj.): Belonging to the first ages.
• prurient (adj.): Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.
• reciprocate (v.): To give and take mutually.
• rendezvous (n.): A prearranged place of meeting.
• rightful (adj.): Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage.
• self-respect (n.): Rational self-esteem.
• sonorous (adj.): Resonant.
• subtend (v.): To extend opposite to.
• taxation (n.): A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution.;
• transfusion (n.): The act of pouring from one vessel to another.
• underrate (v.): To undervalue.
• verily (adv.): In truth.
• wizen-faced (adj.): Having a shriveled face.

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.