500 Hard SAT Word List
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500 Hard SAT Word List (1)
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abhor
abrasive
abrogate
absolution
abstain
abstemious
abstruse
accolade
acquiesce
acrid
acrophobia
acuity
adamant
adroit
adulation
adversity
advocate
aesthetic
affable
alacrity
alchemy
allay
alleviate
aloof
amass
ambiguity
ambiguous
ambivalence
ambulatory
ameliorate
amiable
amity
amorphous
analgesic
analogous
anarchy
anecdote
animosity
annex
anomaly
antagonism
antediluvian
anthology
antiquated
apathetic
apathy
apocryphal
appease
apprehensive
arable
arbitrary
arcane
archaic
bigot
bilk
billowing
blasphemy
blatant
blighted
blithe
bolster
boorish
bourgeois
braggart
brevity
broach
brusque
bulwark
bureaucracy
burgeon
burnish
buttress
cajole
caldron
callow
candid
candor
cantankerous
capacious
capitulate
carping
cartographer
castigate
catharsis
caucus
caustic
cavalcade
celerity
censorious
censure
cerebral
certitude
chary
chicanery
chimerical
choleric
circuitous
circumlocution
Word and Definition List
absolution 
act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
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advocate
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
Show examples and contexts aesthetic
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
Show examples and contexts alacrity
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
Show examples and contexts alchemy
medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
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provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
Show examples and contexts aloof
apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
Show examples and contexts ambivalence
state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
Show examples and contexts analgesic
serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
Show examples and contexts anarchy
absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
Show examples and contexts anecdote
short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
Show examples and contexts annex
append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
Show examples and contexts annex
append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
Show examples and contexts anomaly
irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
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active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
Show examples and contexts antediluvian
antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
Show examples and contexts apocryphal
untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
Show examples and contexts apprehensive
capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
Show examples and contexts arbitrary
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
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hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics
Show examples and contexts blasphemy
act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity
Show examples and contexts bolster
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
Show examples and contexts braggart
boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
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support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
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frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
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ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
Show examples and contexts capitulate
surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
Show examples and contexts carping
fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censure
Show examples and contexts castigate
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
Show examples and contexts caucus
private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
Show examples and contexts caustic
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
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
Show examples and contexts cerebral
relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional
Show examples and contexts chicanery
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
Show examples and contexts circuitous
being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct
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indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
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