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.):
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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
3 Demonstrate word list style:
aesthetic 
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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alacrity
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
Show examples and contexts antediluvian
antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
Show examples and contexts censorious
critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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4 Word meaning matching - Test words you know:
| adamant |
 | collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit |
| ceremonial procession or display; succession or series |
| extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding |
| over-regulated administrative system |
| allay |
| unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent |
| append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit |
| flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive |
| calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
| ameliorate |
| formless; lacking shape or definition |
| make or become better; improve; grow better |
| collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit |
| unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent |
| amorphous |
| straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial |
| formless; lacking shape or definition |
| flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive |
| criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication |
| annex |
| support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion |
| over-regulated administrative system |
| calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
| append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit |
| antediluvian |
| antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times |
| refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice |
| award of merit; expression of approval; praise |
| being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct |
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5 Interactive spelling - Check your spelling skill online:
[Esc] rubbing away; tending to grind down
[Esc] assent; agree without protesting
[Esc] fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
[Esc] skillful and adept under pressing conditions
[Esc] calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
[Esc] able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary
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