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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acquiesce   Speak
assent; agree without protesting
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allay   Speak
calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
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amass   Speak
collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
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anomaly   Speak
irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
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burgeon   Speak
grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
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candid   Speak
straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
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adroit  Speak
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book of literary selections by various authors
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ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
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abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions
alleviate  Speak
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
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boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
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frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
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ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
amass  Speak
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collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
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expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
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state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
amorphous  Speak
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formless; lacking shape or definition
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
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state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
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excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
anecdote  Speak
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large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron
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private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
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no longer current or applicable; antiquated
antediluvian  Speak
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antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
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boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
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serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
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private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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assent; agree without protesting


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


Spelling Word: acuity
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absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion


Spelling Word: anarchy
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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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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent


Spelling Word: apathetic
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abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly


Spelling Word: brusque
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