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 3 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
fitful
flagrant
flamboyant
flaunt
flippant
hamper
hangar
harangue
hasten
haughtiness
headstrong
hedonist
heed
heresy
hiatus
hinder
histrionic
hoary
hone
hyperbole
hypochondriac
hypocritical
idiosyncrasy
ignominy
illuminate
illusory
immutable
impartial
impecunious
impious
impoverished
impromptu
inadvertent
incantation
incessant
incipient
inclination
incoherent
incongruous
inconsequential
indelible
indifferent
indigenous
indulgent
ineffable
inept
inertia
inevitable
inexorable
infallible
infamous
infer
kindle
knotty
labyrinth
laceration
lachrymose
lackluster
laconic
lampoon
lance
languid
languish
larceny
largess
laud
lavish
lax
legend
legion
lethargic
levity
libertarian
liniment
lithe
livid
lofty
longevity
loquacious
lucid
ludicrous
lummox
luscious
lynch
maelstrom
magnanimous
magnate
maladroit
malady
malediction
malefactor
malingerer
malleable
mallet
marred
marshal
marsupial
martinet
masochist
maverick
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advocate 
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
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aloof
apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
Show examples and contexts annex
append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
Show examples and contexts antediluvian
antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
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4 Word meaning matching - Test words you know:
| acquiesce |
 | gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted |
| good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
| assent; agree without protesting |
| one who makes maps or charts |
| acrid |
| unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent |
| able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary |
| defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from |
| award of merit; expression of approval; praise |
| adversity |
| frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
| state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune |
| gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted |
| unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent |
| ambulatory |
| youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers |
| hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics |
| short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography |
| able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary |
| antediluvian |
| good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
| sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness |
| state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune |
| antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times |
| antiquated |
| hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics |
| defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from |
| too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged |
| excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise |
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5 Interactive spelling - Check your spelling skill online:
[Esc] unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
[Esc] fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
[Esc] excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
[Esc] state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
[Esc] bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
[Esc] append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
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