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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aloof   Speak
apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
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analogous   Speak
comparable; similar or alike
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arbitrary   Speak
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
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billowing   Speak
swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms
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blighted   Speak
suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
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capitulate   Speak
surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
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abhor  Speak
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defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from
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abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness
abrogate  Speak
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too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
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abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
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capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
absolution  Speak
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act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
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antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
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make or become better; improve; grow better
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abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
accolade  Speak
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
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abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
adamant  Speak
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calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
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state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
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capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
aesthetic  Speak
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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
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lack of caring; indifference
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
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state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune


Spelling Word: adversity
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cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness


Spelling Word: alacrity
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make or become better; improve; grow better


Spelling Word: ameliorate
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serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness


Spelling Word: analgesic
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography


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


Spelling Word: antiquated
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