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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 736–770 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
736	abrogate	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: abrogate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	폐지하다	The legislature voted to abrogate the outdated treaty.
737	acquisitive	adjective Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.	탐내는	The satire mocks an acquisitive society that measures worth by ownership.
738	adventitious	adjective Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	우연적인	An adventitious discovery redirected the entire investigation.
739	apprise	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: apprise is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	알리다	The attorney promised to apprise the family of every development.
740	arrogate	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: arrogate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 부당하게 권한을 주장하다 2. 제멋대로 차지하다	The governor cannot arrogate powers reserved for the courts.
741	atonement	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	속죄	His public service became an attempt at atonement.
742	attenuation	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	감쇠	The wall produced measurable attenuation of the sound.
743	bifurcate	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: bifurcate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	두 갈래로 갈라지다	The trail will bifurcate near the ridge.
744	broach	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: broach is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 화제를 꺼내다 2. 민감한 문제를 제기하다	She waited until dinner ended to broach the funding dispute.
745	buttress	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: buttress is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 뒷받침하다 2. 강화하다	The newly found letters buttress the historian's interpretation.
746	cadge	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: cadge is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 공짜로 얻어내다 2. 끈질기게 얻어 쓰다	The traveler tried to cadge a meal from the innkeeper.
747	capitulation	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	1. 항복(降伏)(降服) 2. 투항(投降) 3. 항복	The treaty marked the army's complete capitulation.
748	cogitate	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: cogitate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	생각하다	The philosopher would cogitate for hours before writing a paragraph.
749	complicity	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	연루	The documents revealed the bank's complicity in the fraud.
750	concord	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: concord is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 화합 2. 화목	The settlement restored a measure of concord between the communities.
751	conduit	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: conduit is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	도관	The river served as a conduit for trade and ideas.
752	conundrum	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: conundrum is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	수수께끼	The need for growth without more pollution presents a conundrum.
753	corporeal	adjective Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: corporeal is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	물질적인	The poem contrasts corporeal desire with spiritual aspiration.
754	cosset	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: cosset is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 지나치게 감싸다 2. 응석받이로 키우다	The program should support students without trying to cosset them.
755	daunt	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: daunt is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 기를 꺾다 2. 겁먹게 하다	The scale of the archive did not daunt the researcher.
756	defray	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: defray is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	부담하다	A grant will defray travel expenses.
757	demur	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: demur is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 이의를 제기하다 2. 난색을 보이다	Two members began to demur when the vote was rushed.
758	denouement	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ment commonly forms a noun for an action, process, state, or result.	대단원	The mystery's denouement reveals why the witness lied.
759	depredation	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	약탈	The forest still bears signs of wartime depredation.
760	descry	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: descry is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 멀리서 알아보다 2. 찾아내다	From the tower, scouts could descry a sail on the horizon.
761	detente	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: detente is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	긴장 완화	The cultural exchange contributed to a brief detente.
762	diaphanous	adjective Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	투명한	A diaphanous curtain moved in the breeze.
763	dissemble	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: dissemble is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	숨기다	The diplomat tried to dissemble her alarm.
764	ebullience	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ence commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	1. 넘치는 열정 2. 활기	The crowd's ebullience continued long after the victory.
765	efficacious	adjective Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Suffix focus: -ous commonly forms an adjective meaning full of or characterized by.	효과 있는	The trial found the treatment safe and efficacious.
766	encomium	noun Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: encomium is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 찬사 2. 찬양문	The retirement dinner included an encomium to the professor's mentorship.
767	enervating	adjective Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: enervating is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	무기력하게 만드는	The enervating humidity slowed the workers.
768	epistemic	adjective Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: epistemic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	인식론적	The essay examines the epistemic limits of eyewitness testimony.
769	expiate	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: expiate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 속죄하다 2. 죄를 씻다	The character hopes to expiate his betrayal through sacrifice.
770	expurgate	verb Study Field: SAT science and social-science vocabulary Word study: Base-form focus: expurgate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	말소하다	The editor refused to expurgate the historical letters.

Vocabulary reading and practice

An Adventitious Claim

Reading practice for pages 22–23. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

An acquisitive executive tries to arrogate authority that belongs to the full board. She asks lawyers to abrogate an oversight rule and presents an adventitious rise in sales as proof that her plan works, although the rise came from an unrelated holiday. A careful analyst must apprise the board of that missing context.

Korean translation

한 탐욕스러운 임원이 이사회 전체에 속한 권한을 자신이 제멋대로 차지하려 한다. 그녀는 변호사들에게 감독 규정을 폐지하라고 요구하고, 관련 없는 휴일 때문에 생긴 우연한 매출 증가를 자신의 계획이 효과가 있다는 증거로 제시한다. 신중한 분석가는 누락된 그 맥락을 이사회에 알려야 한다.

Reading comprehension

1. What authority does the executive try to arrogate?

She tries to claim authority belonging to the board.

2. Why is the sales rise adventitious?

It came from an unrelated holiday.

3. What must the analyst do?

The analyst must apprise the board of the missing context.

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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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