SAT Reading Vocabulary

Directions: Below are 132 commonly tested vocabulary words on the SAT. Sentence Completions and Reading Comprehension questions on the SAT test are riddled with college level vocabulary words, so it's important to master them. Plus, learning these words will help you express yourself eloquently on your 25-minute SAT essay!


Vocab: Pink
abridge
aesthetic
amass
astute
benevolent
boon
censure
conflagration
cursory
curtail
enigma
ephemeral
erudite
exonerate
extol
indifferent
innocuous
miser
pejorative
precocious
somber
surfeit

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Vocab: Orange
adversity
affable
amiable
anachronistic
austere
autonomous
brevity
candid
congenial
didactic
eclectic
eulogy
fawn
gregarious
inane
ineffable
irascible
juxtaposition
modicum
rudimentary
succint
tactile

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Vocab: Yellow
alleviate
ascertain
castigate
commemorate
connossieur
disparage
efface
frugal
indelible
innate
insolence
intrepid
laud
magnanimous
mollify
opaque
penchant
prolific
prosaic
stoic
sycophant
ubiquitous

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Vocab: Green
abstruse
acclaim
altruism
ambivalent
belie
cajole
circumvent
decorum
deride
exacerbate
furtive
histrionic
lackadaisical
malicious
opulence
philanthropist
pilfer
rancor
reprehensible
temporize
valor
verbose

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Vocab: Blue
adroit
ambiguous
callous
conciliatory
contentious
conviction
copious
credence
dearth
dubious
fastidious
futile
idiosyncratic
lithe
objective
ornate
pragmatic
tenable
unequivocal
vex
wane
zealot

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Vocab: Purple
adulation
apathetic
cacophony
capricious
cerebral
credulous
debacle
digression
dogmatic
fortuitous
immutable
incur
insipid
lucid
marred
pathos
pedestrian
phlegmatic
preclude
revere
shroud
vacillate

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