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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affable   Speak
easily approachable; warmly friendly
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allay   Speak
calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
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amass   Speak
collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
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chicanery   Speak
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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chimerical   Speak
fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
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abrasive  Speak
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straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
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large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
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earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
abrogate  Speak
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straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
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medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
abstain  Speak
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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
abstruse  Speak
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earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
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apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
acrophobia  Speak
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
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fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
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purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
aloof  Speak
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easily approachable; warmly friendly
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being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct
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support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
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apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate


Spelling Word: abhor
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speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something


Spelling Word: advocate
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unclear or doubtful in meaning


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make or become better; improve; grow better


Spelling Word: ameliorate
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good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly


Spelling Word: amiable
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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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