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The current digital SAT Reading and Writing section uses short passages from literature, history and social studies, the humanities, and science. Its Craft and Structure questions ask students to determine the meaning of high-utility words in context and to choose the most logical and precise word or phrase. Vocabulary also supports evidence, inference, rhetorical synthesis, transitions, and clear Standard English expression across the section.

This independently authored 800-word beta curriculum is arranged in twenty-three pages of up to thirty-five words. Pages containing words 1–500 include five cloze questions drawn only from that enhanced range; words 501–800 remain fully visible and editable while the expanded practice layer is developed. Each row includes a passage-field label and an editable word-study note about a transparent affix, compound structure, capitalization, or dictionary base form. The list is an unofficial KSSR learning resource and is not endorsed by or affiliated with College Board. SAT is a registered trademark of College Board.

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Words 316–350 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
316	desultory	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: desultory is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	일관성 없는	Their desultory search overlooked the most likely location.
317	diatribe	noun Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: diatribe is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 통렬한 장광설 2. 맹렬한 비난	The editorial became a diatribe against anyone who questioned the policy.
318	dichotomy	noun Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: dichotomy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 이분법(二分法) 2. 이분법	The essay rejects the false dichotomy between growth and conservation.
319	dictum	noun Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: dictum is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	격언	The judge questioned the old dictum that silence implies consent.
320	digress	verb Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: digress is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	빗나가다	The lecturer began to digress into a story unrelated to the evidence.
321	dilatory	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: dilatory is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	느린	The court rejected the company's dilatory request for another postponement.
322	dilettante	noun Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: dilettante is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	딜레탕트	Experts dismissed him as a dilettante who ignored decades of research.
323	diminution	noun Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	감소	The law caused a gradual diminution of the agency's power.
324	disabuse	verb Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: disabuse is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	깨게 하다	The evidence should disabuse readers of the idea that the change was sudden.
325	discomfit	verb Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: discomfit is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 당황하게 하다 2. 난처하게 하다	The unexpected question seemed to discomfit the witness.
326	discordant	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: discordant is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 서로 모순되는 2. 불일치하는	The two reports offer discordant accounts of the same meeting.
327	disingenuous	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	솔직하지 못한	It is disingenuous to call the fee optional when everyone must pay it.
328	disinterested	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: disinterested is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	사심 없는	A disinterested panel reviewed the competing proposals.
329	divest	verb Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: divest is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 투자 지분을 처분하다 2. 자산을 매각하다	The fund promised to divest from companies that ignored the standards.
330	doctrinaire	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: doctrinaire is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 독단적인 이론에 얽매인 2. 교조적인	The council rejected a doctrinaire solution that ignored local needs.
331	dubious	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	1. 의심스러운 2. 신빙성이 낮은	The website supports its claim with dubious statistics.
332	ebullient	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: ebullient is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	끓어 넘치는	The director was ebullient after the opening-night applause.
333	eccentric	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: eccentric is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	별나다	The inventor's eccentric habits often concealed careful reasoning.
334	ecclesiastical	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: ecclesiastical is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	교회의	The archive preserves both royal and ecclesiastical records.
335	efface	verb Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: efface is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	지우다	Time could not efface the inscription carved into the stone.
336	effervescent	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: effervescent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	열광하는	Her effervescent presentation energized the tired audience.
337	egalitarian	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: egalitarian is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 평등주의적인 2. 평등을 중시하는	The movement advanced an egalitarian vision of public education.
338	egocentric	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: egocentric is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	자기중심적인	The narrator's egocentric account ignores other characters' motives.
339	egregious	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	1. 터무니없이 심각한 2. 극악한	The audit uncovered an egregious misuse of public money.
340	elucidate	verb Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: elucidate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	설명하다	A timeline helps elucidate the sequence of discoveries.
341	embellish	verb Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: embellish is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	꾸미다	The witness admitted that he had begun to embellish the story.
342	eminent	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: eminent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	저명한	An eminent biologist chaired the independent review.
343	encroach	verb Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: encroach is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	침입-하다	New construction began to encroach on the protected wetland.
344	endemic	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: endemic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 풍토성의 2. 특정 지역에 고유한	The disease is endemic to several tropical regions.
345	enfranchise	verb Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: enfranchise is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	선거권을 부여하다	The amendment helped enfranchise millions of citizens.
346	entrenched	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: entrenched is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	확고한	The reform challenged entrenched patterns of discrimination.
347	enumerate	verb Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: enumerate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	낱낱이 세다	The report will enumerate the costs before recommending a plan.
348	erratic	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: erratic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 불규칙한 2. 예측 불가능한	Erratic rainfall made planting decisions difficult.
349	euphemism	noun Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.	1. 완곡어 2. 완곡한 표현	“Downsizing” can be a euphemism for eliminating jobs.
350	evanescent	adjective Study Field: SAT evidence and rhetorical analysis Word study: Base-form focus: evanescent is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	사라져 가는	The rainbow's evanescent colors vanished within minutes.

Vocabulary reading and practice

A Desultory Speech

Reading practice for pages 10–12. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

An eminent historian begins a lecture with careful evidence, but the talk soon becomes desultory. He jumps between unrelated anecdotes and starts to embellish minor details. When a questioner challenges him, he launches into a diatribe. The moderator tries to divest the exchange of personal insults and return it to the evidence.

Korean translation

한 저명한 역사학자가 신중하게 고른 증거로 강연을 시작하지만, 이야기는 곧 두서없어진다. 그는 서로 관련 없는 일화들을 오가며 사소한 세부 사항을 과장하기 시작한다. 한 질문자가 이의를 제기하자 그는 장황하고 공격적인 장광설을 쏟아 낸다. 사회자는 토론에서 인신공격을 걷어 내고 다시 증거에 집중시키려 한다.

Reading comprehension

1. Why does the lecture become desultory?

The historian jumps between unrelated anecdotes.

2. What does he embellish?

He embellishes minor details.

3. What does the moderator remove?

The moderator tries to remove personal insults.

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The digital SAT Reading and Writing section measures comprehension, analysis, synthesis, rhetoric, and command of language. Its Words in Context questions ask students to determine a word’s meaning or choose the most logical and precise word for a particular passage. That means SAT vocabulary study should focus on useful academic words, multiple meanings, tone, and exact usage—not on memorizing rare words in isolation.

Use this list as one part of SAT preparation. Read each example closely, compare near-synonyms, and notice how surrounding sentences control meaning. The lesson readings and questions are designed to practise the same habits of contextual reasoning, while official College Board questions remain the best guide to the test’s exact format.

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