SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 08/06/2010

Here is today's word list:

• absurd (adj.): Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
• aerostat (n.): A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
• anagram (n.): The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
• arbiter (n.): One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
• automaton (n.): Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
• bier (n.): A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
• by-law (n.): A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
• chromatic (adj.): Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
• compulsion (n.): Coercion.;
• contemptible (adj.): Worthy of scorn or disdain.;
• creamery (n.): A butter-making establishment.
• degeneracy (n.): A becoming worse.
• deviate (v.): To take a different course.
• disqualify (v.): To debar.
• durance (n.): Confinement.
• encroach (v.): To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.
• evidential (adj.): Indicative.
• extrude (v.): To drive out or away.
• forbearance (n.): Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
• gamester (n.): A gambler.
• halcyon (adj.): Calm.
• ichthyosaurs (n.): A fossil reptile.
• impulsion (n.): Impetus.
• inexpedient (adj.): Unadvisable.
• intellectual (adj.): Characterized by intelligence.
• irrelevant (adj.): Inapplicable.
• laundress (n.): Washerwoman.;
• louse (n.): A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals.
• maxim (n.): A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide.
• misrule (v.): To misgovern.;
• naval (adj.): Pertaining to ships.
• oblong (adj.): Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated
• ossify (v.): to convert into bone.
• parody (v.): To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.
• permutation (n.): Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items.
• playwright (n.): A maker of plays for the stage.
• preexistence (n.): Existence antecedent to something.
• prominence (n.): The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.
• queue (n.): A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.
• reflector (n.): A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction.;
• resilience (n.): The power of springing back to a former position
• saponaceous (adj.): Having the nature or quality of soap.
• shuffle (n.): A mixing or changing the order of things.
• statistician (n.): One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts.
• suppression (n.): A forcible putting or keeping down.;
• theorize (v.): To speculate.
• trisect (v.): To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
• usury (n.): The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law.
• vivify (v.): To endue with life.

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.