SAT/ACT Vocabulary List for 08/16/2010

Here is today's word list:

• accept (v.): To take when offered.
• afire (adv./adj.): On fire, literally or figuratively.
• anemia (n.): Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
• archaism (n.): Obsolescence.
• aversion (n.): A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
• birthright (n.): A privilege or possession into which one is born.;
• cajolery (n.): Delusive speech.
• citadel (n.): Any strong fortress.
• conciliatory (adj.): Tending to reconcile.
• continuity (n.): Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
• critique (n.): A criticism or critical review.
• dejection (n.): Melancholy.
• diagnosis (n.): Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease.
• dissemble (v.): To hide by pretending something different.
• ebullient (adj.): Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
• energetic (adj.): Working vigorously.
• excel (v.): To be superior or distinguished.
• facility (n.): Ease.
• foreclose (v.): To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
• gendarme (n.): In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer.
• harmonious (adj.): Concordant in sound.
• ignominious (adj.): Shameful.
• inadvertent (adj.): Accidental.
• infernal (adj.): Akin to or befitting hell or its occupants.
• intercession (n.): Entreaty in behalf of others.
• irrigant (adj.): Serving to water lands by artificial means.
• leeward (n.): That side or direction toward which the wind blows.
• luminosity (n.): The quality of giving or radiating light.
• mediate (v.): To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties.
• mitigate (v.): To make milder or more endurable.
• necropolis (n.): A city of the dead.
• obstetrician (n.): A practitioner of midwifery.
• outcry (n.): A vehement or loud cry or clamor.
• partisan (adj.): Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.
• persist (v.): To continue steadfast against opposition.;
• plenteous (adj.): Abundant.
• prehensile (adj.): Adapted for grasping or holding.
• propellant (adj.): Propelling.
• rabid (adj.): Affected with rabies or hydrophobia.
• refute (v.): To prove to be wrong.
• respite (n.): Interval of rest.
• savor (v.): To perceive by taste or smell.
• similar (adj.): Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else.
• stigma (n.): A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing.
• surveyor (n.): A land-measurer.
• tilth (n.): Cultivation.;
• turpitude (n.): Depravity.
• vagrant (n.): An idle wanderer.
• volition (n.): An act or exercise of will.

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.