500 Hard SAT Word List

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 500 Hard SAT Word List
1   Overview:
The 500 hard SAT word list is a middle size but difficult vocabulary. They aren't common or daily words in English but occur in academic or serious reading materials from time to time. Because of newly added words year by year, the original 300 words list is over 500 now.

The hard word list is a valuable supplement for students who want to enrich their SAT vocabulary skills, especially to prepare hard words for SAT reading section. The vocabulary is organized into five groups; each word has concise explanations and online practices to help master.

The main target of the difficult word list is to learn and review hard SAT words for the reading section. Besides, to meet some tutors' and ESL students' special requirements, the word list also offers printable flashcards and non-English explanations of multiple languages for each word.

For those who are looking for a larger hard SAT vocabulary, we recommend considering high school spelling words, which have a total of 1500 words and are organized by grades:
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Words of Group 3 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
fitful
flagrant
flamboyant
flaunt
flippant
hamper
hangar
harangue
hasten
haughtiness
headstrong
hedonist
heed
heresy
hiatus
hinder
histrionic
hoary
hone
hyperbole
hypochondriac
hypocritical
idiosyncrasy
ignominy
illuminate
illusory
immutable
impartial
impecunious
impious
impoverished
impromptu
inadvertent
incantation
incessant
incipient
inclination
incoherent
incongruous
inconsequential
indelible
indifferent
indigenous
indulgent
ineffable
inept
inertia
inevitable
inexorable
infallible
infamous
infer
kindle
knotty
labyrinth
laceration
lachrymose
lackluster
laconic
lampoon
lance
languid
languish
larceny
largess
laud
lavish
lax
legend
legion
lethargic
levity
libertarian
liniment
lithe
livid
lofty
longevity
loquacious
lucid
ludicrous
lummox
luscious
lynch
maelstrom
magnanimous
magnate
maladroit
malady
malediction
malefactor
malingerer
malleable
mallet
marred
marshal
marsupial
martinet
masochist
maverick
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abrasive   Speak
rubbing away; tending to grind down
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acuity   Speak
sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness
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adulation   Speak
excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
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ambulatory   Speak
able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary
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analogous   Speak
comparable; similar or alike
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censure   Speak
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
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abrogate  Speak
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untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
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private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
aloof  Speak
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bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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make or become better; improve; grow better
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apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
amorphous  Speak
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support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
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introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
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capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
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formless; lacking shape or definition
anomaly  Speak
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irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
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abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
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antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
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friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
apprehensive  Speak
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
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bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
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support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
blatant  Speak
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ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
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good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
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introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
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fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places


Spelling Word: acrophobia
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excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise


Spelling Word: adulation
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calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve


Spelling Word: allay
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apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote


Spelling Word: aloof
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friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations


Spelling Word: amity
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formless; lacking shape or definition


Spelling Word: amorphous
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