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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abhor   Speak
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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anarchy   Speak
absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
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blighted   Speak
suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
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censorious   Speak
critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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cerebral   Speak
relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional
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chicanery   Speak
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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abrasive  Speak
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
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lack of caring; indifference
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
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no longer current or applicable; antiquated
abstain  Speak
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unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
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assent; agree without protesting
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
accolade  Speak
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
acquiesce  Speak
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large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron
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excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
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assent; agree without protesting
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
acuity  Speak
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sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness
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irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
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act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity
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no longer current or applicable; antiquated
aesthetic  Speak
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act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity
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hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
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gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
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elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice


Spelling Word: abstain
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sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness


Spelling Word: acuity
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able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary


Spelling Word: ambulatory
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too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged


Spelling Word: antiquated
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hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics


Spelling Word: bigot
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive


Spelling Word: blatant
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