66 Most Common SAT Words
1. Abhorrent—disgusting, loathsome
2. Adulation—excessive flattery or admiration
3. Amicable—friendly
4. Anachronism—an error in order of time
5. Apprehensive—anxious or fearful about the future
6. Auspicious—attended by favorable circumstances
7. Boorish—rude or clumsy in behavior
8. Cartography—the art of making maps or charts
9. Cathartic—cleansing
10. Censure—an expression of strong disapproval
11. Collusion—a secret agreement for illegal purposes
12. Consummate—complete in every respect
13. Cursory—performed with haste
14. Decorous—proper
15. Deride—to speak of or treat with contempt
16. Destitution—complete poverty
17. Diffidence—the quality or state of being shy
18. Disparage—to reduce in esteem or rank
19. Dogmatic—arrogant assertion of unproved principles
20. Eclectic—combining elements from a variety of sources
21. Eloquent—vividly or movingly expressive
22. Elucidate—to make clear or plain
23. Embody—to give bodily form to
24. Equanimity—the quality of being calm
25. Equitable—just or impartial
26. Equivocal—of uncertain significance
27. Eulogy—a written tribute
28. Evanescent—vanishing like vapor
29. Exemplary—worthy of imitation
30. Felicitous—admirably suited
31. Florid—flowery
32. Frugal—economical
33. Hedonist—one devoted to pleasure
34. Holistic—emphasizing the whole
35. Ideologue—a theorist
36. Idiosyncratic—of peculiar behavioral characteristics
37. Impetuous—marked by violent force
38. Impregnable—impossible to attack or challenge
39. Incisive—clear and sharp
40. Ineffable—incapable of being expressed
41. Intrepid—fearless
42. Laggard—straggler
43. Lamentation—expression of sorrow
44. Laud—to glorify
45. Lucid—easily understood
46. Malleable—capable of being molded
47. Mundane—ordinary
48. Nefarious—infamous by way of being wicked
49. Obstinate—stubborn
50. Obstreperous—noisily defiant
51. Polarization—interests about two conflicting positions
52. Precocious—characterized by early development
53. Prosaic—commonplace
54. Quell—to put down forcefully
55. Rancor—resentment
56. Rebuke—to criticize sharply
57. Refute—to prove to be false
58. Rhetoric—the study of using language
59. Sanguine—of a reddish color
60. Staid—fixed or permanent
61. Superfluous—being beyond what is needed or required
62. Swagger—to brag or boast
63. Venerate—to regard with respect
64. Vindicated—to clear of accusation
65. Vindictive—revengeful
66. Zealous—marked with enthusiasm Frugal—economical