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SAT Vocab 1

The core words SAT reading questions use, like analyze, infer and evaluate, learned in context with flashcards and practice. Start here.

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Start hereReading ClaimsReading Claims · Recognize ten academic verbs and use context to distinguish naming, inspection, inference, interpretation, analysis, judgment, explanation, and summary. Learn 10 words through 30 context sentences, review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and answer 30 new practice questions.Start lesson

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1

Reading Claims

Learn analyze, interpret, infer, evaluate, assess, determine, identify, examine, explain, and summarize.

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  1. 1.1Reading ClaimsRecognize ten academic verbs and use context to distinguish naming, inspection, inference, interpretation, analysis, judgment, explanation, and summary. Learn 10 words through 30 context sentences, review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and answer 30 new practice questions.
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Supporting Ideas

Vocabulary: support, establish, demonstrate, illustrate, indicate, suggest, reveal, confirm, justify, verify.

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  1. 2.1Supporting IdeasLearn support, establish, demonstrate, illustrate, indicate, suggest, reveal, confirm, justify, verify through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Testing Explanations

Vocabulary: assume, predict, propose, investigate, observe, measure, compare, contrast, distinguish, classify.

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  1. 3.1Testing ExplanationsLearn assume, predict, propose, investigate, observe, measure, compare, contrast, distinguish, classify through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Building Arguments

Vocabulary: assert, claim, argue, maintain, emphasize, acknowledge, concede, challenge, question, defend.

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  1. 4.1Building ArgumentsLearn assert, claim, argue, maintain, emphasize, acknowledge, concede, challenge, question, defend through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Working with Information

Vocabulary: acquire, obtain, retain, select, exclude, include, compile, organize, revise, clarify.

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  1. 5.1Working with InformationLearn acquire, obtain, retain, select, exclude, include, compile, organize, revise, clarify through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Causes and Effects

Vocabulary: affect, influence, contribute, produce, generate, trigger, prevent, enable, facilitate, inhibit.

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  1. 6.1Causes and EffectsLearn affect, influence, contribute, produce, generate, trigger, prevent, enable, facilitate, inhibit through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Growth and Reduction

Vocabulary: increase, expand, extend, enhance, strengthen, reduce, diminish, decline, limit, restrict.

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  1. 7.1Growth and ReductionLearn increase, expand, extend, enhance, strengthen, reduce, diminish, decline, limit, restrict through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Change and Continuity

Vocabulary: adapt, adjust, alter, modify, transform, preserve, sustain, persist, emerge, evolve.

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  1. 8.1Change and ContinuityLearn adapt, adjust, alter, modify, transform, preserve, sustain, persist, emerge, evolve through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Decisions and Actions

Vocabulary: adopt, reject, implement, resolve, pursue, prioritize, allocate, distribute, undertake, abandon.

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  1. 9.1Decisions and ActionsLearn adopt, reject, implement, resolve, pursue, prioritize, allocate, distribute, undertake, abandon through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Connections and Differences

Vocabulary: associate, connect, relate, correspond, resemble, differ, vary, combine, integrate, separate.

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  1. 10.1Connections and DifferencesLearn associate, connect, relate, correspond, resemble, differ, vary, combine, integrate, separate through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Clear and Unclear Meanings

Vocabulary: explicit, implicit, evident, apparent, ambiguous, precise, vague, coherent, consistent, contradictory.

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  1. 11.1Clear and Unclear MeaningsLearn explicit, implicit, evident, apparent, ambiguous, precise, vague, coherent, consistent, contradictory through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Judging Evidence

Vocabulary: relevant, reliable, valid, credible, accurate, objective, subjective, biased, arbitrary, representative.

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  1. 12.1Judging EvidenceLearn relevant, reliable, valid, credible, accurate, objective, subjective, biased, arbitrary, representative through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Strength of Conclusions

Vocabulary: plausible, probable, possible, certain, tentative, conclusive, doubtful, speculative, persuasive, convincing.

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  1. 13.1Strength of ConclusionsLearn plausible, probable, possible, certain, tentative, conclusive, doubtful, speculative, persuasive, convincing through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Importance and Scope

Vocabulary: significant, substantial, considerable, minor, negligible, essential, fundamental, central, peripheral, incidental.

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  1. 14.1Importance and ScopeLearn significant, substantial, considerable, minor, negligible, essential, fundamental, central, peripheral, incidental through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Quantity and Availability

Vocabulary: abundant, scarce, sufficient, inadequate, excessive, limited, widespread, prevalent, diverse, uniform.

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  1. 15.1Quantity and AvailabilityLearn abundant, scarce, sufficient, inadequate, excessive, limited, widespread, prevalent, diverse, uniform through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Patterns over Time

Vocabulary: gradual, abrupt, temporary, permanent, constant, stable, persistent, periodic, frequent, rare.

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  1. 16.1Patterns over TimeLearn gradual, abrupt, temporary, permanent, constant, stable, persistent, periodic, frequent, rare through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Origins and Novelty

Vocabulary: original, novel, innovative, conventional, traditional, familiar, contemporary, ancient, recent, unprecedented.

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  1. 17.1Origins and NoveltyLearn original, novel, innovative, conventional, traditional, familiar, contemporary, ancient, recent, unprecedented through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Complexity and Relationships

Vocabulary: complex, intricate, simple, distinct, similar, equivalent, comparable, compatible, independent, mutual.

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  1. 18.1Complexity and RelationshipsLearn complex, intricate, simple, distinct, similar, equivalent, comparable, compatible, independent, mutual through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Attitudes and Responses

Vocabulary: skeptical, critical, cautious, optimistic, pessimistic, indifferent, enthusiastic, reluctant, receptive, resistant.

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  1. 19.1Attitudes and ResponsesLearn skeptical, critical, cautious, optimistic, pessimistic, indifferent, enthusiastic, reluctant, receptive, resistant through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Practical Judgments

Vocabulary: practical, feasible, efficient, effective, beneficial, detrimental, necessary, optional, appropriate, suitable.

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  1. 20.1Practical JudgmentsLearn practical, feasible, efficient, effective, beneficial, detrimental, necessary, optional, appropriate, suitable through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Description and Emphasis

Vocabulary: notable, prominent, distinctive, subtle, striking, modest, dramatic, extreme, moderate, typical.

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  1. 21.1Description and EmphasisLearn notable, prominent, distinctive, subtle, striking, modest, dramatic, extreme, moderate, typical through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Ideas and Reasoning

Vocabulary: evidence, assumption, inference, implication, hypothesis, theory, premise, conclusion, rationale, perspective.

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  1. 22.1Ideas and ReasoningLearn evidence, assumption, inference, implication, hypothesis, theory, premise, conclusion, rationale, perspective through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Research Foundations

Vocabulary: method, procedure, variable, factor, sample, survey, data, outcome, finding, criterion.

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  1. 23.1Research FoundationsLearn method, procedure, variable, factor, sample, survey, data, outcome, finding, criterion through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Relationships and Limits

Vocabulary: context, comparison, similarity, distinction, correlation, consequence, constraint, alternative, exception, tendency.

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  1. 24.1Relationships and LimitsLearn context, comparison, similarity, distinction, correlation, consequence, constraint, alternative, exception, tendency through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Communication and Interpretation

Vocabulary: assertion, interpretation, emphasis, intention, function, structure, principle, concept, debate, consensus.

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  1. 25.1Communication and InterpretationLearn assertion, interpretation, emphasis, intention, function, structure, principle, concept, debate, consensus through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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High Yield Academic 1

Vocabulary: underscore, tenuous, counterintuitive, lucrative, efficacy, disdain, abate, aberration, acumen, adversity.

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  1. 26.1High Yield Academic 110 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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High Yield Academic 2

Vocabulary: aesthetic, antipathy, astute, austere, avert, candid, catalyze, censure, compelling, concur.

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  1. 27.1High Yield Academic 210 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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High Yield Academic 3

Vocabulary: condone, convoluted, debunk, deference, deficit, depict, didactic, exemplify, fluctuate, judicious.

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  1. 28.1High Yield Academic 310 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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High Yield Academic 4

Vocabulary: mundane, ominous, partisan, pertinent, plausibility, proliferate, prophetic, prudence, reiterate, relinquish.

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  1. 29.1High Yield Academic 410 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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High Yield Academic 5

Vocabulary: repudiate, salient, stagnant, surmount, susceptible, sympathetic, tangible, theoretical, timorous, tranquil.

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  1. 30.1High Yield Academic 510 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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High Yield Academic 6

Vocabulary: trivial, ubiquity, unassailable, underlying, uniformity, utility, versatile, vigor, vindicate, vital.

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  1. 31.1High Yield Academic 610 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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High Yield Academic 7

Vocabulary: vulnerable, warrant, yield, abstain, accentuate, accord, accreditation, actuate, adhere, adjoin.

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  1. 32.1High Yield Academic 710 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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High Yield Academic 8

Vocabulary: adjudicate, admonish, advent, affinity, affirm, agile, alienate, allege, allude, alteration.

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  1. 33.1High Yield Academic 810 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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High Yield Academic 9

Vocabulary: altruism, amass, amiable, distend, impair, formulate, quantify, refine, preliminary, subsequent.

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  1. 34.1High Yield Academic 910 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.