SAT Essay Vocabulary

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 SAT Essay Vocabulary
1   Overview:
SAT essay vocabulary consists of 500 moderately difficult words; many high school students may learn them somehow but cannot use them confidently. This SAT word list includes examples, contexts, and interactive spelling exercises to build a solid essay vocabulary and sharpen writing skills.

If an essay is only done in plain or simple words in SAT writing, the chance to shoot a high score is relatively low. As a general rule, better vocabulary rewards a higher score. Unlike big-size reading vocabulary, writing vocabulary relies on your choice. You can prepare a set of words, then just use them in the right place, in the right way, and with the right spelling.

Most students can study or review the 500 SAT essay vocabulary in 2 weeks; some can even finish in 1 week. Nevertheless, in a real writing test, several hard words are enough; you should avoid using too many difficult words in a short essay. For example, if you have 5-7 uncommon but proper words in your essay, it will definitely impress readers.

If your time is tight and you feel the vocabulary big or hard, you may shrink the list to 200-300 words by excluding some relatively rare words. Only a doable task can bring your future writing with both confidence and skill.
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Words of Group 2 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
idiosyncrasy
idyllic
ignominy
illicit
impasse
imperious
impetuous
impudence
inane
incongruity
incredulous
incriminate
incubate
indeterminate
indictment
indigenuous
indignant
indiscriminate
indolent
indomitable
induce
indulgent
ineffable
ineptitude
inert
ingenuous
inherent
inhibit
innate
innocuous
innuendo
inscrutable
insipid
insolence
instigate
insular
intrepid
inundate
invoke
irate
irony
irreverent
jaded
jocular
jovial
judicious
lackadaisical
laconic
laggard
languid
latent
laud
listless
lithe
lucid
lucrative
lull
lurid
luxuriant
magnanimous
malleable
marred
maudlin
melancholy
mercenary
mercurial
miserly
mitigate
modicum
morose
motley
multifarious
nebulous
nefarious
neophyte
notoriety
noxious
nuance
obdurate
obstinate
officious
onerous
opportunist
oracle
orthodox
ostensible
oversight
pacifist
pacify
painstaking
palliate
paradigm
parch
parody
partisan
patronize
paucity
pedant
peevish
penchant
penurious
peremptory
perfunctory
peripheral
perquisite
petulant
philanthropist
piety
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adroit   Speak
skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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conciliate   Speak
compromising, apologizing
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convivial   Speak
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
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disheartening   Speak
discouraging
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esoteric   Speak
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
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fallacious   Speak
false; tending to mislead; deceptive
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4   Word meaning matching - Test words you know:
aloocate  Speak
Exercise
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
Exercise
unselfishly generous; concerned for others
Exercise
dictator; ruler having unlimited power
Exercise
assign, portion
apathetic  Speak
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pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
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sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
assuage  Speak
Exercise
intrusive
Exercise
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
Exercise
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
Exercise
make worse
clandestine  Speak
Exercise
secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Exercise
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
Exercise
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
Exercise
air, feeling
depravity  Speak
Exercise
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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air, feeling
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extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
discern  Speak
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scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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reveal; make known to public
Exercise
person who eats too much food and drink
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detect; perceive
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cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness


Spelling Word: alacrity
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seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end


Spelling Word: aspire
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rebuke or scold angrily and at length


Spelling Word: berate
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supported by two opposing parties


Spelling Word: bitartisanship
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yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply


Spelling Word: compliant
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intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror


Spelling Word: consternation
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