Vocabulary University® Top 180 SAT-ACT words

Top 180 SAT-ACT Vocabulary Words
8 Interactive Vocabulary Puzzle Sessions (SAT#1 thru SAT#8-18 words each session), 2 more sessions (SAT#9 and SAT#10) featuring 18 words each from "international languages" and Biology "INSECT-specific", and the most recent 2 sessions (SAT#11 and SAT#12) where each has 36 more difficult, SAT/ACT* words.

We have created ten sessions of "Top SAT/ACT* Words" with a total of 180 words. The first eight sessions have 18 words from A to Z. Teachers, students and parents have asked us to assemble all 180 words into a list which we have done below. We hope this will help in the pursuit of a better vocabulary and better test results.
Session #11 and #12 are NEW as of May 2007!
Note: each set of 18 words also has a crossword (CW), definition match (DM), word find (WF) and fill-in-the-blank (FITB) exercise to reinforce greater understanding of these top SAT-ACT* words. See matrix below.
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Session #1: SAT-ACT* Words #1 puzzle link
abstract, aesthetic, benevolent, capricious, complacent, conciliatory, devious, diligent, discernible, dogmatic, eccentric, fallacious, indifferent, inquisitive, meticulous, pertinent, plausible, reticent
Session #2: SAT-ACT* Words #2 puzzle link
candid, inevitable, lethargy, morose, novice, obscure, ostentatious, precocious, prevaricate, querulous, quiescent, repose, repudiate, soporific, spontaneous, squander, theoretical, virulent
Session #3: SAT-ACT* Words #3 puzzle link
apathy, disdain, diverse, enigma, futile, gratuitous, hackneyed, incessant, insidious, integrity, jocular, kindle, ludicrous, provocative, reclusive, reverence, scrutinize, superficial
Session #4: SAT-ACT* Words #4 puzzle link
affinity, clairvoyant, emulate, expedite, impetuous, innocuous, mundane, penitent, propensity, regressive, resilient, sedentary, succinct, terse, ubiquitous, vindictive, wanton, zenith
Session #5: SAT-ACT* Words #5 puzzle link
ramification, rapacious, recalcitrant, recant, recrimination, redolent, redundant, refutable, relegate, relinquish, remonstrate, reparation, replenish, reprehensible, requisite, resolute, rigorous, rudimentary
Session #6: SAT-ACT* Words #6 puzzle link
acumen, chicanery, deleterious, epiphany, facetious, homogeneous, incognito, kinetic, loquacious, lugubrious, nihilism, obsequious, paradigm, precipitous, sanguine, unctuous, vacuous, xenophile
Session #7: SAT-ACT* Words #7 puzzle link
acrimonious, alacrity, conjecture, conspicuous, deviate, disparage, erudite, exonerate, extricate, incorrigible, indolent, judicious, mitigate, ostensible, palpable, pandemonium, rectify, surreptitious
Session #8: SAT-ACT* Words #8 puzzle link
abject, affluence, analogous, arbitrary, cognizant, compulsory, destitute, disseminate, fortuitous, impeccable, impervious, insatiable, oscillate, prerogative, stringent, truncate, unobtrusive, unscrupulous
Session #9: SAT-ACT* Words #9 puzzle link - derived from "foreign", not Latin or Greek, words:
Aficionado, Alchemy, Ambiance, Avatar, Bourgeois, Chaparral, Cognoscente, Connoisseur, Dilettante, Imbroglio, Juggernaut, Junta, Malaise, Nirvana, Peccadillo, Raconteur, Vignette, Virtuoso
Session #10: SAT-ACT* Words #10 puzzle link - derived from Science/Biology BUG-related words:
embryonic, entomologist, indefatigable, indigenous, industrious, iridescent, insatiable, insecticide, larvae, metamorphosis, nemesis, nocturnal, pollinate, proboscis, quarantine, subterranean, trepidation, ubiquitous
Session #11: SAT-ACT* Words #11 puzzle link - 36 words with the hardest 6 words are already solved for you:
abstinence, affectation, alkaline, auspices, boreal, brogue, carnage, clathrate, cryptic, draconian, expatriate, feckless, fez, fissionable, founder, hegemony, insolvency, inviolable, lattice, litigious, malleable, myriad, oxymoron, pelagic, polity, postmodern, pretext, proliferation, rapprochement, reactionary, relegate, resonate, revitalize, substrate, template
Session #12: SAT-ACT* Words #12 puzzle link - 36 words with the hardest 6 words are already solved for you:
apocalypse, apostate, autonomy, chatelaine, cognitive, denigrate, dilettante, disquisition, efficacy, elan, facile, fiasco, gyre, hermeneutics, indigenous, inhibitory, inscrutable, insurgency, interstices, littoral, manifestation, manse, oblique, pas de deux, Pentecostal, philander, pietism, pique, placebo, promulgate, pseudonym, renounce, servile, sophistry, stymie, subversion, wrought

ALL 144 WORDS from 8 SESSIONS in alphabetical order:
abject, abstract, acrimonious, acumen, aesthetic, affinity, affluence, alacrity, analogous, apathy, arbitrary, benevolent, candid, capricious, clairvoyant, chicanery, cognizant, complacent, compulsory, conciliatory, conjecture, conspicuous, deleterious, destitute, deviate, (-25-) devious, diligent, discernible, disdain, disparage, disseminate, diverse, dogmatic, eccentric, emulate, enigma, epiphany, erudite, expedite, exonerate, extricate, facetious, fallacious, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, hackneyed, homogeneous, impeccable, impervious, (-50-) impetuous, incessant, incorrigible, indifferent, indolent, incognito, inevitable, innocuous, inquisitive, insatiable, insidious, integrity, jocular, judicious, kindle, kinetic, lethargy, loquacious, ludicrous, lugubrious, meticulous, mitigate, morose, mundane, nihilism, (-75-) novice, obscure, obsequious, oscillate, ostensible, ostentatious, palpable, pandemonium, paradigm, penitent, pertinent, plausible, precipitous, precocious, prerogative, prevaricate, propensity, provocative, querulous, quiescent, recalcitrant, ramification, rapacious, recant, reclusive, (-100-) recrimination, rectify, redolent, redundant, refutable , regressive, relegate, relinquish, remonstrate, reparation, replenish, repose, reprehensible, repudiate, requisite, resilient, resolute, reticent, reverence, rigorous, rudimentary, sanguine, scrutinize, sedentary, soporific, (-125-) spontaneous, squander, stringent, succinct, superficial, surreptitious, terse, theoretical, truncate, ubiquitous, unctuous, unobtrusive, unscrupulous, vacuous, vindictive, virulent, wanton, xenophile, zenith

36 WORDS from SESSIONS #9 and #10 in alphabetical order (foreign & Science/Biology):
Aficionado, Alchemy, Ambiance, Avatar, Bourgeois, Chaparral, Cognoscente, Connoisseur, Dilettante, Embryonic, Entomologist, Imbroglio, Indefatigable, Indigenous, Industrious, Iridescent, Insatiable, Insecticide, Juggernaut, Junta, Larvae, Metamorphosis, Nemesis, Malaise, Nirvana, Nocturnal, Peccadillo, Pollinate, Proboscis, Quarantine, Raconteur, Subterranean, Trepidation, Ubiquitous, Vignette, Virtuoso

72 WORDS from SESSIONS #11 and #12 in alphabetical order with the hardest 12 words are already solved for you:
abstinence, affectation, alkaline, apocalypse, apostate, auspices, autonomy, boreal, brogue, carnage, chatelaine, clathrate, cognitive, cryptic, denigrate, dilettante, disquisition, draconian, efficacy, elan, expatriate, facile, feckless, fez, fiasco, fissionable, founder, gyre, hegemony, hermeneutics, indigenous, inhibitory, inscrutable, insolvency, insurgency, interstices, inviolable, lattice, litigious, littoral, malleable, manifestation, manse, myriad, oblique, oxymoron, pas de deux, pelagic, Pentecostal, philander, pietism, pique, placebo, polity, postmodern, pretext, proliferation, promulgate, pseudonym, rapprochement, reactionary, relegate, renounce, resonate, revitalize, servile, sophistry, stymie, substrate, subversion, template, wrought

SAT-ACT* ARCHIVE MATRIX for the TOP 180 SAT Words in our ten sessions #1 through #10 plus SAT #11 and SAT #12.
Each session studies 18 words that you should know.
Feel free to email us with any questions or suggestions for Jan Cook.

Feature
Session Interactive
Puzzle-IP Crossword
CW Word Find
WF Definition
MATCH Fill-in-the-Blanks
FITB

SAT #1 Main
Puzzle #1 SAT #1
Crossword SAT #1
Word Find SAT #1
Definition MATCH SAT #1
FITB

SAT #2 Main
Puzzle #2 SAT #2
Crossword SAT #2
Word Find SAT #2
Definition MATCH SAT #2
FITB

SAT #3 Main
Puzzle #3 SAT #3
Crossword SAT #3
Word Find SAT #3
Definition MATCH SAT #3
FITB

SAT #4 Main
Puzzle #4 SAT #4
Crossword SAT #4
Word Find SAT #4
Definition MATCH SAT #4
FITB

SAT #5 Main
Puzzle #5 SAT #5
Crossword SAT #5
Word Find SAT #5
Definition MATCH SAT #5
FITB

SAT #6 Main
Puzzle #6 SAT #6
Crossword SAT #6
Word Find SAT #6
Definition MATCH SAT #6
FITB

SAT #7 Main
Puzzle #7
soon SAT #7
Crossword SAT #7
Word Find SAT #7
Definition MATCH SAT #7
FITB

SAT #8 Main
Puzzle #8
soon SAT #8
Crossword SAT #8
Word Find SAT #8
Definition MATCH SAT #8
FITB

SAT #9 Main
Puzzle #9
soon SAT #9
Crossword SAT #9
Word Find SAT #9
Definition MATCH SAT #9
FITB

SAT #10 Main
Puzzle #10
soon SAT #10
Crossword SAT #10
Word Find SAT #10
Definition MATCH SAT #10
FITB

SAT #11 Main
Puzzle #7
soon SAT #11
Crossword SAT #11
Word Find SAT #11
Definition MATCH SAT #11
FITB

SAT #12 Main
Puzzle #12
soon SAT #12
Crossword SAT #12
Word Find SAT #12
Definition MATCH SAT #12
FITB

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Reminder:
Don't forget to complete other activities and educational exercises from our current Session #140:
Interactive, grade level puzzles: ["S140 Level 1"] -- ["S140 Level 2"] -- ["S140 Level 3"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S140Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S140Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S140Level 3-FITB"]
Crosswords: ["S140Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S140Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S140Level 3 C/W"]
Definition MATCH: ["S140Level 1-Match"] -- ["S140Level 2-Match"] -- ["S140Level 3-Match"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S140Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S140Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S140Level 3-Syn/Ant]
Find the Words: ["S140Level 1 WF"] -- ["S140Level 2 WF"] -- ["S140Level 3 WF"]
Contextual Stories: ["S140Level 1 Story"] -- ["S140Level 2 Story"] -- ["S140Level 3 Story"]
Is It True or False?: ["S140Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S140Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S140Level 3 T/F"]

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Most Important SAT* Words #7 Most Important SAT* Words #8 Most Important SAT* Words #9
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Feature Session	Interactive Puzzle-IP	Crossword CW	Word Find WF	Definition MATCH	Fill-in-the-Blanks FITB
SAT #1	Main Puzzle #1	SAT #1 Crossword	SAT #1 Word Find	SAT #1 Definition MATCH	SAT #1 FITB
SAT #2	Main Puzzle #2	SAT #2 Crossword	SAT #2 Word Find	SAT #2 Definition MATCH	SAT #2 FITB
SAT #3	Main Puzzle #3	SAT #3 Crossword	SAT #3 Word Find	SAT #3 Definition MATCH	SAT #3 FITB
SAT #4	Main Puzzle #4	SAT #4 Crossword	SAT #4 Word Find	SAT #4 Definition MATCH	SAT #4 FITB
SAT #5	Main Puzzle #5	SAT #5 Crossword	SAT #5 Word Find	SAT #5 Definition MATCH	SAT #5 FITB
SAT #6	Main Puzzle #6	SAT #6 Crossword	SAT #6 Word Find	SAT #6 Definition MATCH	SAT #6 FITB
SAT #7	Main Puzzle #7 soon	SAT #7 Crossword	SAT #7 Word Find	SAT #7 Definition MATCH	SAT #7 FITB
SAT #8	Main Puzzle #8 soon	SAT #8 Crossword	SAT #8 Word Find	SAT #8 Definition MATCH	SAT #8 FITB
SAT #9	Main Puzzle #9 soon	SAT #9 Crossword	SAT #9 Word Find	SAT #9 Definition MATCH	SAT #9 FITB
SAT #10	Main Puzzle #10 soon	SAT #10 Crossword	SAT #10 Word Find	SAT #10 Definition MATCH	SAT #10 FITB
SAT #11	Main Puzzle #7 soon	SAT #11 Crossword	SAT #11 Word Find	SAT #11 Definition MATCH	SAT #11 FITB
SAT #12	Main Puzzle #12 soon	SAT #12 Crossword	SAT #12 Word Find	SAT #12 Definition MATCH	SAT #12 FITB

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