300 Most Difficult “SAT” Words

abject

aberration

abjure

abnegation

abrogate

abscond

abstruse

accede

accost

accretion

acumen

adamant

admonish

adumbrate

adverse

advocate

affluent

aggrandize

alacrity

alias

ambivalent

amenable

amorphous

anachronistic

anathema

annex

antediluvian

antiseptic

apathetic

antithesis

apocryphal

approbation

arbitrary

arboreal

arcane

archetypal

arrogate

ascetic

aspersion

assiduous

atrophy

bane

bashful

beguile

bereft

blandishment

bilk

bombastic

cajole

callous

calumny

camaraderie

candor

capitulate

carouse

carp

caucus

cavort

circumlocution

circumscribe

circumvent

clamor

cleave

cobbler

cogent

cognizant

commensurate

complement

compunction

concomitant

conduit

conflagration

congruity

connive

consign

constituent

construe

contusion

contrite

contentious

contravene

convivial

corpulence

covet

cupidity

dearth

debacle

debauch

debunk

defunct

demagogue

denigrate

derivative

despot

diaphanous

didactic

dirge

disaffected

discomfit

disparate

dispel

disrepute

divisive

dogmatic

dour

duplicity

duress

eclectic

edict

ebullient

egregious

elegy

elicit

embezzlement

emend

emollient

empirical

emulate

enervate

enfranchise

engender

ephemeral

epistolary

equanimity

equivocal

espouse

evanescent

evince

exacerbate

exhort

execrable

exigent

expedient

expiate

expunge

extraneous

extol

extant

expurgate

fallacious

fatuous

fetter

flagrant

foil

forbearance

fortuitous

fractious

garrulous

gourmand

grandiloquent

gratuitous

hapless

hegemony

heterogenous

iconoclast

idiosyncratic

impecunious

impetuous

impinge

impute

inane

inchoate

incontrovertible

incumbent

inexorable

inimical

injunction

inoculate

insidious

instigate

insurgent

interlocutor

intimation

inure

invective

intransigent

inveterate

irreverence

knell

laconic

largesse

legerdemain

libertarian

licentious

linchpin

litigant

maelstrom

maudlin

maverick

mawkish

maxim

mendacious

modicum

morass

mores

munificent

multifarious

nadir

negligent

neophyte

noisome

noxious

obdurate

obfuscate

obstreperous

officious

onerous

ostensible

ostracism

palliate

panacea

paradigm

pariah

partisan

paucity

pejorative

pellucid

penchant

penurious

pert

pernicious

pertinacious

phlegmatic

philanthropic

pithy

platitude

plaudit

plenitude

plethora

portent

potentate

preclude

predilection

preponderance

presage

probity

proclivity

profligate

promulgate

proscribe

protean

prurient

puerile

pugnacious

pulchritude

punctilious

quaint

quixotic

quandary

recalcitrant

redoubtable

relegate

remiss

reprieve

reprobate

rescind

requisition

rife

sanctimonious

sanguine

scurrilous

semaphore

serendipity

sobriety

solicitous

solipsism

spurious

staid

stolid

subjugate

surfeit

surreptitious

swarthy

tangential

tome

toady

torpid

travesty

trenchant

trite

truculent

turpitude

ubiquitous

umbrage

upbraid

utilitarian

veracity

vestige

vicissitude

vilify

virtuoso

vitriolic

vituperate

vociferous

wanton

winsome

yoke

zephyr

wily

tirade