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skirmish 
n. an episode of irregular fighting, especially between small parts of armies or fleets
n. an episode of irregular fighting, especially between small parts of armies or fleets
stunned
a. so shocked that one is temporarily unable to react; astonished
a. so shocked that one is temporarily unable to react; astonished
incursion
n. an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one
n. an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one
rowdy
a. noisy and disorderly
a. noisy and disorderly
grubby
a. dirty; grimy
a. dirty; grimy
to heart's content
ad. as much or as often as you like
ad. as much or as often as you like
personnel
n. people employed in an organization to undertake such as military service
n. people employed in an organization to undertake such as military service
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1. Introduction
Millions of high school students take part in SAT or ACT exams every year. Some of them start to prepare the exam from 11th grade or even 10th grade because SAT or ACT score plays a vital role in college admission. For students who are planning to go to top universities, either SAT or ACT offers a fair scale to assess their academic skills nationwide.
High school report cards and reference letters are indeed critical to apply for universities. However, how do the universities select future students from separate school districts, states, and countries? SAT or ACT, the independent academic exam, acts like a ruler to help schools decide whether a student matches its academic criteria. So that some colleges and universities hope applicants to provide SAT or ACT score. If you are planning to apply for top universities, prepare SAT as early as possible.
Although the general SAT has a Math section, in nature, either the SAT or ACT is an English skill exam. Its core focuses on reading and writing tests. So, the English level is the foundation to get a high score. Only if a test taker has strong English capability, he or she has a chance to challenge the top score. It is why lots of students' primary job to prepare the exam is to enhance their English skills.
English is the principal subject in high school. Enrich it means various jobs, from practicing grammar to building vocabulary. Here we especially emphasize vocabulary because it is the base of language skills. Either reading or writing would fail without a strong vocabulary. On the other side, build vocabulary is usually the most tedious task and costs the most time in all tasks.
SAT/ACT vocabulary is one of the controversial points in high school education. The test organizers claim the tests wouldn't emphasize on size of student's vocabulary, but all we know that vocabulary skill is the base of language. Either SAT or ACT doesn't test difficult words exclusively. It's true, but it never means vocabulary isn't important anymore. Of course, the content and size of the SAT or ACT vocabulary are changing in recent years.
Build SAT/ACT vocabulary isn't easy, and it's even a hard job of more than one year if you target an excellent score. As all English exams, vocabulary level will impact the final score. Thus, many students have to spend much time to learn and review SAT/ACT words. How to do the job efficiently is usually a hot topic among test-takers. We set up this website and bring new IT tools to let preparing them easier and faster.
This website concentrates on SAT/ACT vocabulary preparation. For students who are preparing their exams, especially in vocabulary building, it is the right place. We understand students are different in levels and purposes. Some are going to apply for top universities; some only need a necessary score for local college admission. So we do our best to collect diverse resources for test-takers, including popular SAT/ACT word lists, apps, experiences, e-books, and other materials.
Millions of high school students take part in SAT or ACT exams every year. Some of them start to prepare the exam from 11th grade or even 10th grade because SAT or ACT score plays a vital role in college admission. For students who are planning to go to top universities, either SAT or ACT offers a fair scale to assess their academic skills nationwide.
High school report cards and reference letters are indeed critical to apply for universities. However, how do the universities select future students from separate school districts, states, and countries? SAT or ACT, the independent academic exam, acts like a ruler to help schools decide whether a student matches its academic criteria. So that some colleges and universities hope applicants to provide SAT or ACT score. If you are planning to apply for top universities, prepare SAT as early as possible.
Although the general SAT has a Math section, in nature, either the SAT or ACT is an English skill exam. Its core focuses on reading and writing tests. So, the English level is the foundation to get a high score. Only if a test taker has strong English capability, he or she has a chance to challenge the top score. It is why lots of students' primary job to prepare the exam is to enhance their English skills.
English is the principal subject in high school. Enrich it means various jobs, from practicing grammar to building vocabulary. Here we especially emphasize vocabulary because it is the base of language skills. Either reading or writing would fail without a strong vocabulary. On the other side, build vocabulary is usually the most tedious task and costs the most time in all tasks.
SAT/ACT vocabulary is one of the controversial points in high school education. The test organizers claim the tests wouldn't emphasize on size of student's vocabulary, but all we know that vocabulary skill is the base of language. Either SAT or ACT doesn't test difficult words exclusively. It's true, but it never means vocabulary isn't important anymore. Of course, the content and size of the SAT or ACT vocabulary are changing in recent years.
Build SAT/ACT vocabulary isn't easy, and it's even a hard job of more than one year if you target an excellent score. As all English exams, vocabulary level will impact the final score. Thus, many students have to spend much time to learn and review SAT/ACT words. How to do the job efficiently is usually a hot topic among test-takers. We set up this website and bring new IT tools to let preparing them easier and faster.
This website concentrates on SAT/ACT vocabulary preparation. For students who are preparing their exams, especially in vocabulary building, it is the right place. We understand students are different in levels and purposes. Some are going to apply for top universities; some only need a necessary score for local college admission. So we do our best to collect diverse resources for test-takers, including popular SAT/ACT word lists, apps, experiences, e-books, and other materials.
2. SAT ACT Word Lists
Word lists are the core to build ACT vocabulary. Because of the diversity of use cases, original levels, and exam expectations, students need different word lists. We collect some lists there to help test takers prepare SAT or ACT vocabulary.
3000 Common SAT Vocabulary List: Enter
It is a middle-level word list for SAT test-takers; offers definitions and interactive exercises for each word. If you seriously want to get a high score and are ready to spend enough time to build SAT vocabulary, this list is the right candidate. Try some content quickly; you will find it helps very much in your SAT preparing. Samples...
SAT Essay Vocabulary: Enter
This essay vocabulary, useful but not very long, consists of 2 groups of SAT words with moderate difficulty. Most students can learn or review them in 2 weeks; some can even finish in 1 week. This short vocabulary is an ideal tool to enhance SAT writing words with examples and contexts. Samples...
Hard SAT Word List: Enter
This hard SAT word list is a middle size vocabulary. These 500 words are selected to prepare SAT for students who are applying for top universities. So, this SAT word list is a set of difficult words. We recommend students to challenge it only after finishing common SAT vocabularies. Samples...
Difficult Words with Sentences: Enter
When you study and review difficult SAT words, especially new word, a good example sentence helps very much. Here we list top 200 most difficult SAT words with example sentences. We do believe learning words with sentences is the key to master top difficult words in a short time. Samples...
3500 ACT Vocabulary: Enter
This list is collected and maintained by tutors of examword.com. It's a simplified and middle-level ACT vocabulary for common test takers to start. Most of grade 12 students plan to spend 3 to 6 months to work on it. This vocabulary is relatively easy, and if you are challenge 30 or more, it may not help you. Samples...
ESL ACT Vocabulary: Enter
In general, ACT vocabulary is for high school students, mainly for grade 12 and grade 11. However, non-English speakers, who are at different language circumstances, may not know some words that are supposed to learn in lower classes, but frequently occur in ACT exam papers. So, for ESL (English as Second Language) students, their ACT vocabularies are usually larger and include words that are well known by high school students of the USA but are commonly ignored by ESL students. To get this ESL ACT vocabulary from regular ACT vocabulary, we remove some difficult words and add fundamental ones to balance the vocabulary efforts of ESL students. As a word list developed for ESL, each word has definitions with multiple languages. Samples...
Word lists are the core to build ACT vocabulary. Because of the diversity of use cases, original levels, and exam expectations, students need different word lists. We collect some lists there to help test takers prepare SAT or ACT vocabulary.
3000 Common SAT Vocabulary List: Enter
It is a middle-level word list for SAT test-takers; offers definitions and interactive exercises for each word. If you seriously want to get a high score and are ready to spend enough time to build SAT vocabulary, this list is the right candidate. Try some content quickly; you will find it helps very much in your SAT preparing. Samples...
intermittent:
a. Syn. periodic
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
interrogate:
v.
question closely; examine by questioning formally or officially
interrupt:
v. Syn. impede; discontinue
terminate; make a break in
intestine:
a.
inward; internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign
a. Syn. periodic
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
interrogate:
v.
question closely; examine by questioning formally or officially
interrupt:
v. Syn. impede; discontinue
terminate; make a break in
intestine:
a.
inward; internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign
SAT Essay Vocabulary: Enter
This essay vocabulary, useful but not very long, consists of 2 groups of SAT words with moderate difficulty. Most students can learn or review them in 2 weeks; some can even finish in 1 week. This short vocabulary is an ideal tool to enhance SAT writing words with examples and contexts. Samples...
innuendo:
hint; indirect implication , usually malicious
insipid:
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
instigate:
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
intrepid:
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
hint; indirect implication , usually malicious
insipid:
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
instigate:
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
intrepid:
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
Hard SAT Word List: Enter
This hard SAT word list is a middle size vocabulary. These 500 words are selected to prepare SAT for students who are applying for top universities. So, this SAT word list is a set of difficult words. We recommend students to challenge it only after finishing common SAT vocabularies. Samples...
dilemma:
predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
dirge:
a piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; funeral hymn
discern:
detect; perceive
discrepancy:
lack of consistency; difference
predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable optionsdirge:
a piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; funeral hymndiscern:
detect; perceivediscrepancy:
lack of consistency; differenceDifficult Words with Sentences: Enter
When you study and review difficult SAT words, especially new word, a good example sentence helps very much. Here we list top 200 most difficult SAT words with example sentences. We do believe learning words with sentences is the key to master top difficult words in a short time. Samples...
truculent:
/'trukjələnt, 'trʌkjʊlənt/ a. Syn. belligerent
disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile
The bully was initially truculent but eventually stopped picking fights at the least provocation.
turpitude:
/'tɜrpɪtju:d/;/-tu:d/ n. Syn. depravity
depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act
A visitor may be denied admittance to this country if she has been guilty of moral turpitude.
ubiquitous:
/ju:'bɪkwɪtəs/ a. Syn. omnipresent
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
That Christmas "The Little Drummer Boy" seemed ubiquitous; we heard the tune everywhere.
usurp:
/'jʊzəp/ v. Syn. appropriate
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
The revolution ended when the victorious rebel general succeeded in his attempt to usurp the throne.
/'trukjələnt, 'trʌkjʊlənt/ a. Syn. belligerent
disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile
The bully was initially truculent but eventually stopped picking fights at the least provocation.
turpitude:
/'tɜrpɪtju:d/;/-tu:d/ n. Syn. depravity
depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act
A visitor may be denied admittance to this country if she has been guilty of moral turpitude.
ubiquitous:
/ju:'bɪkwɪtəs/ a. Syn. omnipresent
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
That Christmas "The Little Drummer Boy" seemed ubiquitous; we heard the tune everywhere.
usurp:
/'jʊzəp/ v. Syn. appropriate
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
The revolution ended when the victorious rebel general succeeded in his attempt to usurp the throne.
3500 ACT Vocabulary: Enter
This list is collected and maintained by tutors of examword.com. It's a simplified and middle-level ACT vocabulary for common test takers to start. Most of grade 12 students plan to spend 3 to 6 months to work on it. This vocabulary is relatively easy, and if you are challenge 30 or more, it may not help you. Samples...
ascendancy:
superiority or decisive advantage; domination
ascetic:
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
aseptic:
preventing infection; having cleansing effect
ashen:
ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
superiority or decisive advantage; dominationascetic:
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austereaseptic:
preventing infection; having cleansing effectashen:
ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashesESL ACT Vocabulary: Enter
In general, ACT vocabulary is for high school students, mainly for grade 12 and grade 11. However, non-English speakers, who are at different language circumstances, may not know some words that are supposed to learn in lower classes, but frequently occur in ACT exam papers. So, for ESL (English as Second Language) students, their ACT vocabularies are usually larger and include words that are well known by high school students of the USA but are commonly ignored by ESL students. To get this ESL ACT vocabulary from regular ACT vocabulary, we remove some difficult words and add fundamental ones to balance the vocabulary efforts of ESL students. As a word list developed for ESL, each word has definitions with multiple languages. Samples...
declaration:
n. Syn. announcement; avowal; statement
announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement
decorate:
v. Syn. adorn; embellish
adorn; embellish
decoration:
n.
act of decorating something; something used to beautify
defect:
v.
abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty
n. Syn. announcement; avowal; statement
announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement
decorate:
v. Syn. adorn; embellish
adorn; embellish
decoration:
n.
act of decorating something; something used to beautify
defect:
v.
abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty
3. SAT ACT Vocabulary Web Apps
Web apps are easy to access anytime and anywhere. Some SAT vocabulary builders used to learn and review English words by software. Web apps are one of their favorites. We have developed some apps, which are are excellent online SAT and ACT vocabulary tools, designed to speed up vocabulary preparation, and proven by tens of thousands of users.
SAT Vocabulary Test Online: Enter
It's an online SAT word test by random checking if a test-taker gets the SAT vocabulary level. It provides a flexible and game-style practice mode on the Internet, and is also an excellent quiz tool to evaluate vocabulary progress.
Difficult SAT Words:
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Students, who are trying to apply for top universities, need top SAT scores to support their application materials. They usually want to learn more difficult SAT words than others. This app is designed for these students to accumulate hard SAT words in a fast and convenient way.
Vocabulary Study Online - SAT and ACT:
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The SAT/ACT vocabulary skills are quite different among individual students. Different SAT vocabularies can cover the requirements of different students. Some hope to leverage more flexible tool to fit with their personalized vocabulary building. VOS (Vocabulary Study Online) can load multiple word lists, including customized word lists. With a smart algorithm, it manages your SAT or ACT words and schedules learn/review activities. It's a flexible and efficient online English vocabulary app.
SAT ACT Vocabulary Flashcards:
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This web app is based on a middle-level SAT ACT vocabulary of 2000 words. All words are organized in alphabet order and easy to access. You can create online flashcards on demand. Each flashcard includes explanation, sample sentence, pronunciation, and non-English definition. It's a handy tool to study and review SAT and ACT vocabulary online.
English Vocabulary builder - SAT:
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English Vocabulary Builder is a Windows app for SAT test-takers. It has a near 4000 words list with definitions and examples. Students can schedule paces and manage plan individually, including adjusting course content, adding new words, updating existing definitions, examples, and notes. The tool can feedback accurate reports to improve study efficiency. It's a proven helper to speed up vocabulary building, the hardest job in SAT preparing.
Web apps are easy to access anytime and anywhere. Some SAT vocabulary builders used to learn and review English words by software. Web apps are one of their favorites. We have developed some apps, which are are excellent online SAT and ACT vocabulary tools, designed to speed up vocabulary preparation, and proven by tens of thousands of users.
SAT Vocabulary Test Online: Enter
It's an online SAT word test by random checking if a test-taker gets the SAT vocabulary level. It provides a flexible and game-style practice mode on the Internet, and is also an excellent quiz tool to evaluate vocabulary progress.
Students, who are trying to apply for top universities, need top SAT scores to support their application materials. They usually want to learn more difficult SAT words than others. This app is designed for these students to accumulate hard SAT words in a fast and convenient way.
The SAT/ACT vocabulary skills are quite different among individual students. Different SAT vocabularies can cover the requirements of different students. Some hope to leverage more flexible tool to fit with their personalized vocabulary building. VOS (Vocabulary Study Online) can load multiple word lists, including customized word lists. With a smart algorithm, it manages your SAT or ACT words and schedules learn/review activities. It's a flexible and efficient online English vocabulary app.
This web app is based on a middle-level SAT ACT vocabulary of 2000 words. All words are organized in alphabet order and easy to access. You can create online flashcards on demand. Each flashcard includes explanation, sample sentence, pronunciation, and non-English definition. It's a handy tool to study and review SAT and ACT vocabulary online.
English Vocabulary Builder is a Windows app for SAT test-takers. It has a near 4000 words list with definitions and examples. Students can schedule paces and manage plan individually, including adjusting course content, adding new words, updating existing definitions, examples, and notes. The tool can feedback accurate reports to improve study efficiency. It's a proven helper to speed up vocabulary building, the hardest job in SAT preparing.
4. SAT ACT Tips
Although the website focuses on SAT and ACT vocabularies, we know test-takers concern all opinions and ideas that may help SAT/ACT exam preparation easier and faster. At the section, we collect some useful articles, including tips, experiences, and training materials. Their topics are mainly related how to build vocabulary, but a few are also involved with other matters that we believe SAT/ACT test-takers are interested.
The following list shows some tips and experiences.
Download SAT Vocabulary PDF: Enter
PDF is easy to read and print. Some people prefer to have their own SAT word list PDF file for various reasons. If you want one but don't have yet, you are in the right place. This article tells you how to do it. Don't miss this free and convenient method to make and download your SAT PDF file.
Download ACT Vocabulary PDF: Enter
Do you want to make your own ACT vocabulary PDF file? Some students try to download ACT vocabulary PDF from internet, but fail to find any satisfied file. Actually, you hardly get an existing vocabulary PDF that exactly matches your scenario from either online or offline. If you are struggling to produce personalized ACT vocabulary PDF, you can leverage the contents of this web site and other free online resources. This article shows you how to do it.
Print SAT Vocabulary Flashcard: Enter
Flashcard is a common tool for students to memorize something. SAT vocabulary flashcard works similarly. However, it's usually a hard task to get a set of SAT word flashcards that fits for your circumstance because every student has one's original vocabulary base. This website offers resources to produce personalized SAT vocabulary flashcards.
Make ACT Vocabulary Flashcards: Enter
Some students used to leverage flashcards to study or review vocabulary. However, it isn't easy to get a set of flashcards that are fully matched with individual requirements. A few of them write a set of flashcards by self. It's practical, but it costs too much time. This article shows how to customize one's ACT flashcards with free resources of this website.
Single Choice SAT Vocabulary Quiz: Enter
Online and interactive quiz, like single choice, is an excellent option to keep known or half-known words warm. All SAT word lists of the website have dynamic single choice quiz for each word. One quiz has four definitions as options to choose; it is made by random and doesn't repeat. You may go to any word list and select group, trigger it by just a click.
ACT Vocabulary Online Questions: Enter
Building vocabulary is a hard journey. Short practice or quiz helps to check progress and avoids boring on repeatedly memorizing. All ACT word lists on the website have built-in single choice exercises. The test sheet is produced dynamically based on the specified scope, which is an interactive tool to evaluate your vocabulary level. This article shows you how to trigger these quizzes.
SAT Vocabulary Spelling Test: Enter
Spelling is critical in the SAT writing test. Interactive practice is an effective way to improve spelling skill. All SAT vocabularies of this website provide online spelling card. Namely, based on various SAT word lists, lots of interactive spelling exercises are available to try. It offers an excellent resource to prepare and practice SAT writing words.
E-books:
Although the website focuses on SAT and ACT vocabularies, we know test-takers concern all opinions and ideas that may help SAT/ACT exam preparation easier and faster. At the section, we collect some useful articles, including tips, experiences, and training materials. Their topics are mainly related how to build vocabulary, but a few are also involved with other matters that we believe SAT/ACT test-takers are interested.
The following list shows some tips and experiences.
Download SAT Vocabulary PDF: Enter
PDF is easy to read and print. Some people prefer to have their own SAT word list PDF file for various reasons. If you want one but don't have yet, you are in the right place. This article tells you how to do it. Don't miss this free and convenient method to make and download your SAT PDF file.
Download ACT Vocabulary PDF: Enter
Do you want to make your own ACT vocabulary PDF file? Some students try to download ACT vocabulary PDF from internet, but fail to find any satisfied file. Actually, you hardly get an existing vocabulary PDF that exactly matches your scenario from either online or offline. If you are struggling to produce personalized ACT vocabulary PDF, you can leverage the contents of this web site and other free online resources. This article shows you how to do it.
Print SAT Vocabulary Flashcard: Enter
Flashcard is a common tool for students to memorize something. SAT vocabulary flashcard works similarly. However, it's usually a hard task to get a set of SAT word flashcards that fits for your circumstance because every student has one's original vocabulary base. This website offers resources to produce personalized SAT vocabulary flashcards.
Make ACT Vocabulary Flashcards: Enter
Some students used to leverage flashcards to study or review vocabulary. However, it isn't easy to get a set of flashcards that are fully matched with individual requirements. A few of them write a set of flashcards by self. It's practical, but it costs too much time. This article shows how to customize one's ACT flashcards with free resources of this website.
Single Choice SAT Vocabulary Quiz: Enter
Online and interactive quiz, like single choice, is an excellent option to keep known or half-known words warm. All SAT word lists of the website have dynamic single choice quiz for each word. One quiz has four definitions as options to choose; it is made by random and doesn't repeat. You may go to any word list and select group, trigger it by just a click.
ACT Vocabulary Online Questions: Enter
Building vocabulary is a hard journey. Short practice or quiz helps to check progress and avoids boring on repeatedly memorizing. All ACT word lists on the website have built-in single choice exercises. The test sheet is produced dynamically based on the specified scope, which is an interactive tool to evaluate your vocabulary level. This article shows you how to trigger these quizzes.
SAT Vocabulary Spelling Test: Enter
Spelling is critical in the SAT writing test. Interactive practice is an effective way to improve spelling skill. All SAT vocabularies of this website provide online spelling card. Namely, based on various SAT word lists, lots of interactive spelling exercises are available to try. It offers an excellent resource to prepare and practice SAT writing words.
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We assume that most ACT test-takers are high school students of the USA, who should know the ACT examination very well. Directly speaking, the ACT, American College Testing, is a standardized test for college admissions. More information is on its official website. ACT Test
We assume that most ACT test-takers are high school students of the USA, who should know the ACT examination very well. Directly speaking, the ACT, American College Testing, is a standardized test for college admissions. More information is on its official website. ACT Test