Digital SAT Vocab PDF
Here are the 104 words you need:
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I recommend putting this list into a flashcard (preferably DSAT16) for optimal spaced-repetition and active recall.
Why Are These Words Important?
These are the words that has appeared in past exams.
After every Digital SAT test day, students would go on Reddit and list out the words they encountered from memory. This list compiles all of those words.
Important SAT Words
There are a few words that you should pay special attention to.
Why?
Because they have appeared in the past SAT exams more than once.
- eschew: June 2026, December 2025, November 2025
- ubiquitous / ubiquity: June 2026, March 2026, September 2025
- substantiate: May 2026, March 2026
- unequivocal / equivocal: June 2026, March 2026, November 2025
- perfunctory: June 2026, March 2026
- proxy: June 2026, October 2025
- iconoclasm / iconoclastic: March 2026, November 2025
- contrived / contrivance: May 2026, October 2025
Are 104 Words Really Enough?
Yes.
Normally, I would not recommend mindlessly cramming words. Even if you cram 1000 words, if the #1001 word showed up on the test day, you are doomed.
But since College Board reuse their past SAT questions a lot, this list is the one exception.
If you are worried about vocab, I recommend sharpening your Lexical Inference skills, which you can improve by practicing Words in Context questions.
