THE MOST IMPORTANT 180 SAT*/ACT* WORDS plus 36 more just added

NOTE--ALERT:
Try these "Test Prep Sessions", each with 18 SAT/ACT words, in our NEW INTERACTIVE puzzle activities that allow answers to be emailed to teachers, parents and friends. Each of the 12 sessions has a direct link to them BELOW along with the 18 words in each session.

Also you can see all 216 SAT/ACT words in 12 NEW puzzles sets listed at:
http://www.vocabulary.com//dir-test_prep-test_info
Sam Mantics
"Hi, I'm Sam Mantics, Dean of Admissions & Directions at Vocabulary University. You can go to our new SAT/ACT puzzles from the TEST PREP pull down menu on our home page at http://www.vocabulary.com

*Test names and other trademarks are the property of the respective trademark holders. None of the trademark holders are affiliated with Vocabulary University® or this website.

Dick Shinary
"I'm Dick Shinary, Chancellor of Literacy at Vocabulary University. I'm on the faculty with Sam.
I have organized the words by session and then integrated them into one long list. Glad you found our web site to help you improve your vocabulary! Come back often!"

  • 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
     
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    Reminder:
    Don't forget to complete other S#140 activities and educational exercises in the old format below. These are NOT INTERACTIVE but lots of people use them.
    We really want you to go to the 7 Sessions (soon to be 15) with the new format puzzles -- ALL INTERACTIVE at:
    http://www.vocabulary.com/index.php?dir=level&file=session_info

    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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    If you want to see all of our 160 "Alphalaries" click on this link: Alphabetical Vocabulary List or, in particular, request our 432 Character-Ed related words just email your request to Character Education Words. Please include the name of your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.
    Have you tried our set of puzzles inspired by Harry Potter? "Visit our Wizard puzzles". If you want our alphabetical list of 165 Wizard-related words just email your request to Wizard Words.

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