Words for the SAT
1,783 SAT vocabulary words
Words for the SAT, from published SAT word lists and the Academic Word List.
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- palatable
- palliate
- pallid
- palpable
- panacea
- panel
- panelled
- panelling
- paradigm
- paradox
- paragon
- parallel
- parameter
- parasite
- pariah
- parochial
- parry
- parsimonious
- parsimony
- participant
- participate
- participating
- participation
- partisan
- partnership
- patent
- pathology
- patronize
- paucity
- peccadillo
- pedestrian
- pejorative
- pellucid
- penchant
- penurious
- penury
- perceive
- perceived
- percent
- percentage
- perception
- percipient
- peremptory
- perfidious
- perfunctory
- periodic
- peripatetic
- peripheral
- permeate
- pernicious
- persist
- perspective
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- peruse
- pervasive
- phase
- phenomenal
- phenomenon
- philanthropic
- philanthropy
- philistine
- philosopher
- philosophical
- philosophy
- phlegmatic
- pinnacle
- pious
- pithy
- placate
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