300 Most Difficult SAT Words
abject - answerof the most contemptible kind
aberration - answera state or condition markedly different from the norm
abjure - answerformally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
abnegation - answerthe denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
abrogate - answerrevoke formally
abscond - answerrun away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
abstruse - answerdifficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary
understanding or knowledge
accede - answeryield to another's wish or opinion
accost - answerspeak to someone
accretion - answeran increase by natural growth or addition
acumen - answershrewdness shown by keen insight
adamant - answerimpervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
admonish - answertake to task
adumbrate - answerdescribe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
adverse - answerin an opposing direction
advocate - answera person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
affluent - answerhaving an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
aggrandize - answeradd details to
alacrity - answerliveliness and eagerness
alias - answera name that has been assumed temporarily
, ambivalent - answeruncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
amenable - answerdisposed or willing to comply
amorphous - answerhaving no definite form or distinct shape
anachronistic - answerchronologically misplaced
anathema - answera formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
annex - answerattach to
antediluvian - answerof or relating to the period before the biblical flood
antiseptic - answerthoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing
organisms
apathetic - answershowing little or no emotion or animation
antithesis - answerexact opposite
apocryphal - answerbeing of questionable authenticity
approbation - answerofficial approval
arbitrary - answerbased on or subject to individual discretion or preference or
sometimes impulse or caprice
arboreal - answerresembling a tree in form and branching structure
arcane - answerrequiring secret or mysterious knowledge
archetypal - answerrepresenting or constituting an original type after which other similar
things are patterned
arrogate - answerseize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take
as one's right or possession
ascetic - answersomeone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
aspersion - answera disparaging remark
assiduous - answermarked by care and persistent effort
atrophy - answera decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
abject - answerof the most contemptible kind
aberration - answera state or condition markedly different from the norm
abjure - answerformally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
abnegation - answerthe denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
abrogate - answerrevoke formally
abscond - answerrun away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
abstruse - answerdifficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary
understanding or knowledge
accede - answeryield to another's wish or opinion
accost - answerspeak to someone
accretion - answeran increase by natural growth or addition
acumen - answershrewdness shown by keen insight
adamant - answerimpervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
admonish - answertake to task
adumbrate - answerdescribe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
adverse - answerin an opposing direction
advocate - answera person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
affluent - answerhaving an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
aggrandize - answeradd details to
alacrity - answerliveliness and eagerness
alias - answera name that has been assumed temporarily
, ambivalent - answeruncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
amenable - answerdisposed or willing to comply
amorphous - answerhaving no definite form or distinct shape
anachronistic - answerchronologically misplaced
anathema - answera formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
annex - answerattach to
antediluvian - answerof or relating to the period before the biblical flood
antiseptic - answerthoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing
organisms
apathetic - answershowing little or no emotion or animation
antithesis - answerexact opposite
apocryphal - answerbeing of questionable authenticity
approbation - answerofficial approval
arbitrary - answerbased on or subject to individual discretion or preference or
sometimes impulse or caprice
arboreal - answerresembling a tree in form and branching structure
arcane - answerrequiring secret or mysterious knowledge
archetypal - answerrepresenting or constituting an original type after which other similar
things are patterned
arrogate - answerseize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take
as one's right or possession
ascetic - answersomeone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
aspersion - answera disparaging remark
assiduous - answermarked by care and persistent effort
atrophy - answera decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
