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 2 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
circumscribe
circumspect
circumvent
clairvoyant
clamor
clandestine
counterfeit
covert
credible
credulous
cringe
cryptic
curtail
cynical
decorum
decoy
deference
defoliate
defunct
degradation
deleterious
deliberate
demur
denounce
deplete
deplore
depravity
deprecate
deride
derogatory
desecrate
desist
despondent
deter
deteriorate
detrimental
dexterous
digress
dilemma
diligent
dirge
discern
discord
discrepancy
discriminate
disdain
enfranchise
engender
enhance
enigma
ensconce
ephemeral
epicure
epistle
epistolary
equivocate
erratic
esoteric
espouse
etymology
eulogy
euphemism
evacuate
exacerbate
exceptionable
exculpate
execrable
exegesis
exemplary
exemplify
exhaustive
exorcism
expatriate
expedient
expedite
exposition
extol
extraneous
extrinsic
fallacious
falter
fanatical
fanaticism
fastidious
fatuous
feasible
felicitous
fervor
fickle
finesse
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acrid   Speak
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
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apathetic   Speak
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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candid   Speak
straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
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castigate   Speak
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
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censure   Speak
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
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certitude   Speak
state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence
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alleviate  Speak
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
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bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
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append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
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state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
anecdote  Speak
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secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
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defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
animosity  Speak
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middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
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bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
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grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
anomaly  Speak
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swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms
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earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
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irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
bigot  Speak
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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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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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capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
bilk  Speak
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swiftness of action or motion; speed
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
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quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
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defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from
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rubbing away; tending to grind down


Spelling Word: abrasive
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice


Spelling Word: abstain
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fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places


Spelling Word: acrophobia
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions


Spelling Word: adroit
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state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune


Spelling Word: adversity
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unclear or doubtful in meaning


Spelling Word: ambiguous
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