SAT Word Lists

SAT Word Lists 

The SAT High-Frequency Word list

  

abridge	abstemious	abstract	abstruse
accessible	acclaim	acknowledge	adulation
adversary	adversity	advocate	aesthetic
affable	affirmation	alleviate	aloof
altruistic	ambiguous	ambivalence	analogous
anarchist	anecdote	animosity	antagonism
antidote	antiquated	apathy	appease
apprehension	arbitrary	archaic	arrogance
articulate	artifact	artisan	ascendancy
ascetic	aspire	astute	attribute [ verb]
augment	austere	authoritarian	autonomous
aversion	belle	benevolent	bolster
braggart	brevity	cajole	calculated
candor	capricious	censorious	censure
coercion	commemorate	compile	complacency
compliance	composure	comprehensive	concede
conciliatory	concise	concur	condone
conflagration	confound	consensus	constraint
contend	contentious	contrast [ verb ]	conviction
cordial	corroborate	credulity	criterion
cryptic	cursory	curtail	decorum
deference	degradation	delineate	denounce
deplore	depravity	deprecate	deride
derivative	despondent	detached	deterrent
detrimental	devious	devise	diffuse
digression	diligence	diminution	discerning
disclose	discordant	discount [ verb ]	discrepancy
discriminating	disdain	disinclination	dismiss
disparage	disparity	disperse	disputatious
disseminate	dissent	divergent	doctrine
document[verb]	dogmatic	dubious	duplicity
eclectic	egotism	elated	eloquence
elusive	embellish	emulate	endorse
enhance	enigma	enmity	ephemeral
equivocal	erroneous	erudite	esoteric
eulogy	euphemism	exacerbate	exalt
execute	exemplary	exemplify	exhaustive
exhilarating	exonerate	expedient	expedite
explicit	exploit [ verb ]	extol	extraneous
extricate	exuberance	facilitate	fallacious
fanaticism	fastidious	feasible	fervor
flagrant	frivolous	frugality	furtive
garrulous	glutton	gratify	gratuitous
gravity	gregarious	guile	gullible
hamper [ verb ]	hardy	haughtiness	hedonist
heresy	hierarchy	homogeneous	hypocritical
idiosyncrasy	illusory	immutable	impair
impeccable	impede	implausible	implement [ verb ]
impudence	inadvertent	inane	incisive
incite	inclusive	incongruous	inconsequential
incorrigible	indict	indifferent	indiscriminate
induce	inert	ingenious	inherent
innate	innocuous	innovation	insipid
instigate	insularity	integrity	intervene
intimidate	intrepid	inundate	invert
ironic	lament	laud	lavish [ adj. ]
lethargic	levity	linger	listless
lofty	malicious	marred	materialism
methodical	meticulous	miserly	mitigate
morose	mundane	negate	nonchalance
notoriety	novelty	nurture	obliterate
oblivion	obscure [ verb ]	obstinate	ominous
opaque	opportunist	optimist	opulence
orator	ostentatious	pacifist	partisan
peripheral	perpetuate	pervasive	pessimism
phenomena	philanthropist	piety	placate
ponderous	pragmatic	preclude	precocious
predator	presumptuous	pretentious	prevalent
prodigal	profane	profound	profusion
proliferation	prolific	provincial	proximity
prudent	qualified	quandary	ramble
rancor	ratify	rebuttal	recluse
recount	rectify	redundant	refute
relegate	remorse	renounce	repel
reprehensible	reprimand	reprove	repudiate
reserve [ noun ]	resigned	resolution	resolve [ noun ]
restraint	reticence	retract	reverent
rhetorical	rigor	robust	sage
sanction [verb]	satirical	saturate	scanty
scrupulous	scrutinize	seclusion	servile
skeptic	sluggish	somber	sporadic
squander	stagnant	static [adj. ]	submissive
subordinate[adj.]	subside	substantiate	succinct
superficial	superfluous	surpass	surreptitious
susceptible	sustain	sycophant	taciturn
temper [ verb ]	tentative	terse	thrive
tranquility	transient	trite	turbulence
turmoil	undermine	uniformity	unwarranted
usurp	vacillate	venerate	verbose
vigor	vilify	vindicate	virtuoso
volatile	whimsical	zealot

The SAT Hot Prospects Word List

  

abate	accolade	acquiesce	arid
acrimony	aggregate [ verb	amorphous	anachronistic
anomaly	antediluvian	antipathy	apocryphal
arable	ardent	assiduous	assuage
atrophy	audacious	avarice	avert
aviary	beguile	bequeath	bleak
blighted	bombastic	buttress	cacophonous
cardiologist	carping	certitude	charlatan
circumlocution	cliché	coalesce	colloquial
combustible	complementary	confluence	conjecture
converge	corrode	corrugated	culpable
debilitate	debunk	dehydrate	deleterious
depose	desiccate	diffidence	dilatory
discourse	discrepancy	disquiet	distend
dupe	ebullient	edify	efface
effervesce	elegy	elicit	elucidate
emaciated	emend	equanimity	equitable
evanescent	excerpt	fallow	falter
fathom [verb]	fell [ verb ]	fitful	florid
foolhardy	glacial	hackneyed	hyperbole
iconoclastic	ignominy	illicit	impecunious
impregnable	incidental	incontrovertible	indefatigable
indolent	ineffable	inexorable	insolvent
insuperable	intractable	irreproachable	jocular
labyrinth	laconic	laggard	lampoon
lassitude	lithe	lurid	luxuriant
meander	mercenary [adj. ]	mercurial	mirth
misanthrope	misnomer	mollify	mosaic
munificent	nefarious	nuance	obdurate
odious	omate	pariah	parody
parsimony	paucity	penury	perfunctory
pernicious	pitfall	pithy	polemical
prattle	precarious	profligate [ adj.]	quagmire
quell	querulous	quiescent	rant
rarefy	raucous	ravenous	raze
recant	remission	replete	repugnant
rescind	respite	resplendent	savory
sedentary	soporific	spurious`	spurn
steadfast	stolid	strident	stupefy
supplant	surfeit	swagger	tantamount
tenacity	terrestrial	threadbare	tirade
torpor	trepidation	trifling	truncate
unkempt	unprecedented	vaporize	viable
virulent	voluble	witticism