Kaplan’s 100 Most Common SAT Words

abbreviate

abstinence

adulation

adversity

aesthetic

amicable

anachronistic

anecdote

anonymous

antagonist

arid

assiduous

asylum

benevolent

camaraderie

censure

circuitous

clairvoyant

collaborate

compassion

compromise

condescending

conditional

conformist

congregation

convergence

deleterious

demagogue

digression

diligent

discredit

disdain

divergent

empathy

emulate

enervating

enhance

ephemeral

evanescent

exasperation

exemplary

extenuating

florid

fortuitous

frugal

hackneyed

haughty

hedonist

hypothesis

impetuous

impute

incompatible

inconsequential

inevitable

integrity

intrepid

intuitive

jubilation

lobbyist

longevity

mundane

nonchalant

novice

opulent

orator

ostentatious

parched

perfidious

precocious

pretentious

procrastinate

prosaic

prosperity

provocative

prudent

querulous

rancorous

reclusive

reconciliation

renovation

resilient

restrained

reverence

sagacity

scrutinize

spontaneity

spurious

submissive

substantiate

subtle

superficial

superfluous

suppress

surreptitious

tactful

tenacious

transient

venerable

vindicate

wary