150 Difficult SAT Words that will Elevate your SAT Preparation

Expanding upon the previous list, here are 150 additional SAT words designed to enhance your vocabulary prowess:

1. Dispel: cause to separate and go in different directions
2. Disrepute: the state of being held in low esteem
3. Divisive: causing or characterised by disagreement or disunity
4. Dogmatic: pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
5. Dour: showing a brooding ill humour
6. Duplicity: the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
7. Duress: compulsory force or threat
8. Eclectic: selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
9. Edict: a formal or authoritative proclamation
10. Ebullient: joyously unrestrained
11. Egregious: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
12. Elegy: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
13. Elicit: call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
14. Embezzlement: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property
15. Emend: make corrections to
16. Emollient: a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
17. Empirical: derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
18. Emulate: strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
19. Enervate: weaken physically, mentally, or morally
20. Enfranchise: grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude
21. Engender: call forth
22. Ephemeral: anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
23. Epistolary: written in the form of letters or correspondence
24. Equanimity: steadiness of mind under stress
25. Equivocal: open to two or more interpretations
26. Espouse: choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
27. Evanescent: short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
28. Evince: give expression to
29. Exacerbate: make worse
30. Exhort: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
31. Execrable: unequivocally detestable
32. Exigent: demanding immediate attention
33. Expedient: appropriate to a purpose
34. Expunge: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
35. Extraneous: not belonging to that in which it is contained
36. Extol: praise, glorify, or honour
37. Extant: still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
38. Expurgate: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
39. Fallacious: containing or based on incorrect reasoning
40. Fatuous: devoid of intelligence
41. Fetter: a shackle for the ankles or feet
42. Flagrant: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
43. Foil: hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
44. Foment: instigate or stir up
45. Forbearance: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
46. Fortuitous: lucky; occurring by happy chance
47. Fractious: easily irritated or annoyed
48. Garrulous: full of trivial conversation
49. Gourmand: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
50. Grandiloquent: lofty in style
51. Gratuitous: unnecessary and unwarranted
52. Hapless: unfortunate and deserving pity
53. Hegemony: the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
54. Heterogenous: consisting of elements that are not of the same kind
55. Iconoclast: someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
56. Idiosyncratic: peculiar to the individual
57. Impecunious: not having enough money to pay for necessities
58. Impetuous: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
59. Impinge: infringe upon
60. Impute: attribute or credit to
61. Inane: devoid of intelligence
62. Inchoate: only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
63. Incontrovertible: impossible to deny or disprove
64. Incumbent: necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
65. Inexorable: impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
66. Inimical: tending to obstruct or cause harm
67. Injunction: a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something
68. Inoculate: inject or treat with the germ of a disease to render immune
69. Insidious: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
70. Instigate: provoke or stir up
71. Insurgent: in opposition to a civil authority or government
72. Interlocutor: a person who takes part in a conversation
73. Intimation: a slight suggestion or vague understanding
74. Inure: cause to accept or become hardened to
75. Invective: abusive language used to express blame or censure
76. Intransigent: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
77. Inveterate: habitual
78. Irreverence: a mental attitude showing lack of due respect
79. Knell: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
80. Laconic: brief and to the point
81. Largesse: liberality in bestowing gifts
82. Legerdemain: an illusory feat
83. Libertarian: an advocate of freedom of thought and speech
84. Licentious: lacking moral discipline
85. Linchpin: a central cohesive source of support and stability
86. Litigant: a party to a lawsuit
87. Maelstrom: a powerful circular current of water
88. Maudlin: effusively or insincerely emotional
89. Maverick: someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
90. Mawkish: effusively or insincerely emotional
91. Maxim: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
92. Mendacious: given to lying
93. Modicum: a small or moderate or token amount
94. Morass: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
95. Mores: the conventions embodying the fundamental values of a group
96. Munificent: very generous
97. Multifarious: having many aspects
98. Nadir: the lowest point of anything
99. Negligent: characterised by undue lack of attention or concern
100. Neophyte: any new participant in some activity
101. Noisome: offensively malodorous
102. Noxious: injurious to physical or mental health
103. Obdurate: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
104. Obfuscate: make obscure or unclear
105. Obstreperous: noisily and stubbornly defiant
106. Officious: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
107. Onerous: burdensome or difficult to endure
108. Ostensible: appearing as such but not necessarily so
109. Ostracism: the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
110. Palliate: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
111. Panacea: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
112. Paradigm: a standard or typical example
113. Pariah: a person who is rejected from society or home
114. Partisan: a fervent and even militant proponent of something
115. Paucity: an insufficient quantity or number
116. Pejorative: expressing disapproval
117. Pellucid: transparently clear; easily understandable
118. Penchant: a strong liking or preference
119. Penurious: excessively unwilling to spend
120. Pert: characterised by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
121. Pernicious: exceedingly harmful
122. Pertinacious: stubbornly unyielding
123. Phlegmatic: showing little emotion
124. Philanthropic: of or relating to charitable giving
125. Pithy: concise and full of meaning
126. Platitude: a trite or obvious remark
127. Plaudit: enthusiastic approval
128. Plenitude: a full supply
129. Plethora: extreme excess
130. Portent: a sign of something about to happen
131. Potentate: a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
132. Preclude: make impossible, especially beforehand
133. Predilection: a predisposition in favour of something
134. Preponderance: exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
135. Presage: a foreboding about what is about to happen
136. Probity: complete and confirmed integrity
137. Proclivity: a natural inclination
138. Profligate: unrestrained by convention or morality
139. Promulgate: state or announce
140. Proscribe: command against
141. Protean: taking on different forms
142. Prurient: characterised by lust
143. Puerile: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
144. Pugnacious: ready and able to resort to force or violence
145. Pulchritude: physical beauty, especially of a woman
146. Punctilious: marked by precise accordance with details
147. Quaint: attractively old-fashioned
148. Quixotic: not sensible about practical matters
149. Quandary: state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavourable options
150. Recalcitrant: stubbornly resistant to authority or control

The Scholastic Assessment Test, commonly known as the SAT, is a critical step for students aspiring to study in the United States. Administered by the College Board, this standardized test evaluates a student’s readiness for college. A significant portion of the SAT assesses reading and writing skills, making a robust vocabulary essential for success.

In this article, we delve into the challenges of SAT vocabulary and provide valuable resources and tips to help you excel in this aspect of the exam.