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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amass   Speak
collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
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animosity   Speak
bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
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anomaly   Speak
irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
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antediluvian   Speak
antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
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burnish   Speak
make shiny by rubbing; polish
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buttress   Speak
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
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abstain  Speak
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book of literary selections by various authors
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secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
affable  Speak
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capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
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influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
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easily approachable; warmly friendly
anecdote  Speak
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
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straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
apprehensive  Speak
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capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
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straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
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book of literary selections by various authors
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unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
arcane  Speak
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speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
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youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
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secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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one who makes maps or charts
bigot  Speak
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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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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capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
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assent; agree without protesting


Spelling Word: acquiesce
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calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve


Spelling Word: allay
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collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit


Spelling Word: amass
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formless; lacking shape or definition


Spelling Word: amorphous
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absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion


Spelling Word: anarchy
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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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