500 Hard SAT Word List

This 500 hard SAT word list is a middle size but high 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 new added words year by year, the original 300 words list is over 500 now.

The hard word list is a valuable supplement to students who want to enrich SAT vocabulary skill, especially to prepare hard words for SAT reading section. The vocabulary is organized into 5 groups; each word has concise explanation and online practices to help master these difficult words quickly.

The main target of the word list is to learn and review hard SAT words for reading section. In addition, to meet with some tutors and ESL students' special requirements, the word list also offers printable flashcards and non-English explanations of 20 languages for each word.

For those who are looking for larger hard SAT vocabualry, we recommend to consider high school spelling words, which have totally 1500 words and are organized by grades:

bulwark:   earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

burgeon:   grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly

buttress:   support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

caldron:   large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron

candid:   straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial

cantankerous:   ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious