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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alacrity   Speak
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
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amass   Speak
collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
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ameliorate   Speak
make or become better; improve; grow better
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arcane   Speak
secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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cavalcade   Speak
ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
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acrophobia  Speak
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
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antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
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fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
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swiftness of action or motion; speed
adamant  Speak
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state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
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elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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easily approachable; warmly friendly
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extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
affable  Speak
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influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
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easily approachable; warmly friendly
amass  Speak
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
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one who makes maps or charts
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
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collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
ambiguity  Speak
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
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too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
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hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics
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state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
ambiguous  Speak
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
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extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice


Spelling Word: abstain
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state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune


Spelling Word: adversity
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easily approachable; warmly friendly


Spelling Word: affable
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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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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor


Spelling Word: antagonism
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