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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abrasive   Speak
rubbing away; tending to grind down
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antediluvian   Speak
antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
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apathy   Speak
lack of caring; indifference
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appease   Speak
bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
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bigot   Speak
hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics
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catharsis   Speak
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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abhor  Speak
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
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act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity
acquiesce  Speak
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elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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assent; agree without protesting
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introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
amity  Speak
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formless; lacking shape or definition
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friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
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secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
antagonism  Speak
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support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
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serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
anthology  Speak
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rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
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mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
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book of literary selections by various authors
apprehensive  Speak
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capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
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influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity
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apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate


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


Spelling Word: analgesic
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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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append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit


Spelling Word: annex
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irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order


Spelling Word: anomaly
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