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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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abhor   Speak
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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arcane   Speak
secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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bourgeois   Speak
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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bureaucracy   Speak
over-regulated administrative system
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capacious   Speak
capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
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caucus   Speak
private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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abhor  Speak
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too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
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bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
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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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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
adamant  Speak
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extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
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excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
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untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
adulation  Speak
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unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
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excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
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earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
alleviate  Speak
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fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censure
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earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
ambulatory  Speak
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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
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act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
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able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
amorphous  Speak
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assent; agree without protesting
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formless; lacking shape or definition
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calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
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grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
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assent; agree without protesting


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fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places


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


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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part


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


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


Spelling Word: antagonism
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