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Reason Preps SAT VOCAB LIST v. 2.1
This is a 2500+ word list of the most important vocab on the
SAT. This list was generated not from
my idea of what vocab is important but from whats actually on
the SAT. I sifted through dozens
of SATs to bring you the most common vocabulary words in the
sentence completion and passage-
based reading questions. I organized them by frequency Level 1
is the most common, with words
that appeared on many tests, and Level 5 is the least common,
with words that appeared on only one
test.
Note that base words can appear in different forms in standard
usage, for example: magnanimity,
magnanimous; cynical, cynicism, cynic, cynically; zealot,
zealous, overzealous; etc.
I did not include definitions because 1) its a lot of work for
me to write 2500+ definitions and 2) its
better for you to get the definitions yourself. Its part of the
learning process Some words have
different definitions depending on their part of speech (e.g.
articulate as a verb and adjective), so be
thorough when researching definitions to capture the relevant
shades of meaning.
I will update this list regularly, so check back often!
How to Use: Start with Level 1 vocab. When you learn those
words, move on to Level 2, and so
on. The lists get longer as you gain levels, so focus on
learning the more important words (Levels 1-
3) before worrying about the rarer words.
LEVEL 1 SAT VOCAB
abstract
absurd
aesthetic
ambivalence
analysis
anecdote
apathetic
arbitrary
articulate
assert
assume
bewilder
bolster
characterize
claim
clarify
condemn
connotation
conscious
contradict
contrast
critique
cynical
deductive
define
demonstrate
depict
deride
describe
digress
discredit
discuss
disdain
disparage
distinguish
downplay
dramatize
eclectic
emphasize
enumerate
ethical
evidence
evoke
fallacy
farce
flourish
futile
general
generalization
genre
grounds of
highlight
hypothesis
idiosyncratic
illustrate
implicit
imply
incredulous
indignant
inductive
indulge
