WordPrevalence

Word familiarity list

SAT vocabulary words

Vocabulary-study words with recognition estimates.

Words in list36
Known range49.8%-99.2%
Average known87.9%
Dominant labelCommon
aberrationCommon
Known by
92.1%

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

abhorUncommon
Known by
88.6%

find repugnant

abjectUncommon
Known by
88.8%

of the most contemptible kind

abrogateRare
Known by
61.4%

revoke formally

abscondUncommon
Known by
87.4%

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

abstruseVery rare
Known by
49.8%

difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

acerbicUncommon
Known by
76%

sour or bitter in taste

acquiesceUncommon
Known by
85.1%

to agree or express agreement

acrimonyUncommon
Known by
83.8%

a rough and bitter manner

adulationUncommon
Known by
87.9%

servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise

aestheticCommon
Known by
98.8%

(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful

affinityCommon
Known by
98%

(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

alacrityUncommon
Known by
75.1%

liveliness and eagerness

alleviateCommon
Known by
98%

provide physical relief, as from pain

altruismCommon
Known by
93.6%

the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

ambiguityCommon
Known by
99%

an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

ambivalentCommon
Known by
96.9%

uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

ameliorateRare
Known by
70.2%

to make better

anachronismUncommon
Known by
89.3%

something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

analogyCommon
Known by
99.2%

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

anarchyCommon
Known by
99.2%

a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

anomalyCommon
Known by
96.8%

deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

antipathyCommon
Known by
91.2%

a feeling of intense dislike

apathyCommon
Known by
97.4%

an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

appeaseCommon
Known by
98.5%

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

arbitraryCommon
Known by
98.4%

based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice

archaicCommon
Known by
94.1%

so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

arduousCommon
Known by
92.4%

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

artificeUncommon
Known by
89.6%

a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

asceticRare
Known by
74.6%

someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

assuageUncommon
Known by
84.1%

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

astuteCommon
Known by
95.4%

marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

audaciousCommon
Known by
98.2%

invulnerable to fear or intimidation

austereUncommon
Known by
88.9%

severely simple

avariceUncommon
Known by
78.9%

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

bellicoseRare
Known by
66.2%

having or showing a ready disposition to fight