500 Hard SAT Word List
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abrogate 
1
 | good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
| fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
| abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority |
| elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste |
accolade
2
| collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit |
| quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression |
| being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct |
| award of merit; expression of approval; praise |
aesthetic
3
| elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste |
| make or become better; improve; grow better |
| untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious |
| ceremonial procession or display; succession or series |
ambivalence
4
| support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence |
| abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority |
| state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate |
| fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
analgesic
5
| good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
| serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| rubbing away; tending to grind down |
| make or become better; improve; grow better |
anomaly
6
| fit for growing crops, as by plowing |
| hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics |
| irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order |
| rubbing away; tending to grind down |
apocryphal
7
| abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority |
| gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted |
| untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious |
| secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated |
arcane
8
| too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged |
| youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers |
| secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated |
| hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics |
billowing
9
| secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated |
| easily approachable; warmly friendly |
| formless; lacking shape or definition |
| swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms |
broach
10
| collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit |
| introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce |
| boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person |
| medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming |