Here’s my second post on common SAT words. The first post is here. Below are 20 words randomly selected from one of those lists and their definitions. Click on the word for a more detailed definition on Merriam-Webster.com. Below the list is a link to a quiz on these 20 words.

Please share this list with students who will be taking SATs in the future.

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1. Abbreviate: to shorten or abridge
2. Asylum: sanctuary, shelter
3. Censure: to criticize harshly
4. Deleterious: harmful; destructive
5. Empathy: identification with the feelings of others
6. Florid: gaudy, ornate
7. Hackneyed: cliched, worn out by overuse
8. Hypothesis: theory requiring proof
9. Impute: to attribute an action to a particular person or group
10. Lobbyist: a person seeking to influence political events
11. Nonchalant: calm, seemingly unexcited
12. Ostentatious: showy, displaying wealth
13. Parched: dried up, shriveled
14. Perfidious: faithless, disloyal
15. Prosperity: wealth or success
16. Rancorous: bitter, hateful
17. Reclusive: preferring to live in isolation
18. Sagacity: wisdom
19. Transient: temporary, short-lived
20. Wary: careful, cautious

Click Here To Take the Quiz on These 20 Words! 

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