In the world of test preparation, December brings not only presents from Santa but it also brings many gifts from the College Board and colleges. Today’s College Board gift is a copy of the October 2012 SAT, which we get because one of our staff took the test and ordered the Question and Answer Service (for an additional $18, unless you have a fee waiver which will also waive the fee for the QAS if you choose to order it.) The QAS is available for the June, October and Jan SAT administrations each year and whenever its available we get it so we can peruse the test for trends, patterns, and any fun new words the College Board has decided to throw at college-bound students.
If you’re planning to take the SAT soon you should make sure you learn all the words on the list below, which were taken from the October 2012 SAT.
- plodding
- soothed
- novella
- modest
- incredulity
- recrimination
- commensurate
- indifferent
- acclamation
- disproportionate
- autonomous
- expedient
- communal
- munificent
- narcissistic
- egalitarian
- reciprocal
- aroused
- perspicacious
- phlegmatic
- estimable
- overbearing
- resolute
- philistine
- polymath
- charlatan
- ideologue
- cultivated
- benevolent
- pedantic
- morose
- gregarious
- cosmopolitan
- cavalier
- urbane
- erudite
- mordant
- unequivocal
- consensus
- pervasive
- archetypal
- lumbering
- behemoths
- Belittle
- cynical
- ambivalent
- nostalgic
- contempt
- embroiled
- degraded
- underscore
- exploit
- unravel
- foretell
- scant
- ambitious
- timid
- vaingloriously
- unflagging
- indefatigable
- complacent
- ineffectual
- circumspect
- baffle
- enmity
- defy
- elucidate
- duplicity
- collusion
- superfluous
- pragmatic
- onerous
- subversive
- fraudulent
- obliged
- supplant
- skew
- profound
- mollify
- soporific
- insidious
- bewildering
- indiscernible
If you’d like a few other lists to keep your studying going click here to see the others we posted.
Good luck and remember if you need help preparing for the SAT or ACT visit us at sat.bellcurves.com!