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 4 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
meager
meander
menagerie
noxious
nuance
nullify
obdurate
obfuscate
objective
oblique
obliterate
oblivious
obscure
obsequious
obsession
obsolete
obstreperous
obtuse
obviate
odious
officious
ogle
olfactory
ominous
omnipotent
omniscient
onerous
onus
opaque
ordain
ornate
orthodox
ossify
ostentatious
oust
overt
overwrought
palatable
pallid
palpable
panacea
paradigm
paradox
paragon
paramount
parasite
parched
pariah
parity
parochial
parody
parry
parsimonious
parsimony
partisan
pathos
patron
patronize
placid
plaintiff
plaudit
plausible
plethora
pliable
plumage
plummet
podium
polemical
ponderous
portend
portent
poseur
posterity
posthumous
postulate
potable
potent
pragmatic
pragmatist
preamble
precarious
precedent
precept
precinct
precipice
precipitous
preclude
precocious
predecessor
predicament
preeminent
prerogative
presentiment
presumptuous
pretentious
prevaricate
pristine
proclivity
procrastinate
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accolade   Speak
award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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ameliorate   Speak
make or become better; improve; grow better
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castigate   Speak
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
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cavalcade   Speak
ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
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cerebral   Speak
relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional
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chary   Speak
cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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accolade  Speak
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speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
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state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise
acuity  Speak
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sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness
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capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
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append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
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hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics
adulation  Speak
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middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
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excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise
ambiguous  Speak
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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swiftness of action or motion; speed
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abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
ambivalence  Speak
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state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
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criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
anecdote  Speak
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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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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
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capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate


Spelling Word: abstemious
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assent; agree without protesting


Spelling Word: acquiesce
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extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding


Spelling Word: adamant
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speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something


Spelling Word: advocate
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elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste


Spelling Word: aesthetic
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unclear or doubtful in meaning


Spelling Word: ambiguous
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