SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 07/08/2010

Here is today's word list:

• able-bodied (adj.): Competent for physical service.
• adieu inter. Good-by; farewell. ():
• altruist (n.): One who advocates or practices altruism.
• aperture (n.): Hole.
• atone (v.): To make amends for.
• benefit (n.): Helpful result.
• brokerage (n.): The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
• centimeter (n.): A length of one hundredth of a meter.
• comparable (adj.): Fit to be compared.
• consign (v.): To entrust.
• cosmogony (n.): A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
• declamatory (adj.): A full and formal style of utterance.
• descendant (n.): One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
• discrepant (adj.): Opposite.
• dominant (adj.): Conspicuously prominent.
• emblem (n.): A symbol.
• erratic (adj.): Irregular.
• expostulate (v.): To discuss.
• flamboyant (adj.): Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
• fulsome (adj.): Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.;
• grief (n.): Sorrow.
• humanitarian (n.): A philanthropist.
• imperturbable (adj.): Calm.
• indigestion (n.): Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment.
• insignificance (n.): Lack of import or of importance.
• invert (v.): To turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction.;
• laborious (adj.): Toilsome.
• lithe (adj.): Supple.
• mantel (n.): The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it.
• minimize (v.): To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
• municipal (adj.): Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government.
• nowadays (adv.): In the present time or age.
• optician (n.): One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses.
• panoply (n.): A full set of armor.
• penurious (adj.): Excessively sparing in the use of money.
• physiography (n.): Description of nature.
• precaution (n.): A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger.
• procrastinate (v.): To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.
• pupilage (n.): The state or period of being a student.
• recover (v.): To regain.;
• repository (n.): A place in which goods are stored.
• ruminate (v.): To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.
• sentient (adj.): Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception.;
• specious (adj.): Plausible.
• suggestible (adj.): That can be suggested.
• tenacious (adj.): Unyielding.
• transverse (adj.): Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction.;
• unlawful (adj.): Illegal.
• vigilant (adj.): Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.

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.