Digital SAT August 2026 Vocabulary

17th October, 2026 | Abhishek Malani | 06 Min Read
The August 2026 Digital SAT demonstrates that vocabulary is more than a memory test, it is a test of tone, logic, and context. The 21 words from this attempt fall into two key categories: structural terms that show how an author argues (such as hypothesis, corollary, recapitulation, discrepancy, pertinent, and reconciling) and tone words that signal attitudes, risks, and judgments (such as admonished, loath, amenable, prone, and detrimental). Identifying whether each word carries a positive, negative, or neutral charge allows you to quickly eliminate incorrect answer choices and tackle Reading and Writing passages with confidence.
Digital SAT August 2026 vocabulary words with meanings, synonyms, and example sentences for Reading and Writing preparation.

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August 2026 SAT vocabulary words with meanings, synonyms and examples

Word Meaning Synonyms Examples
1. Redundancy
Unnecessary repetition or excess beyond what is needed.
Repetition, superfluity, duplication, excess

• Editors cut the redundancy from the essay by deleting repeated points.

• Backup power systems build redundancy into hospitals on purpose.
2. Vulnerability
Susceptibility to harm, damage, attack or criticism.
Weakness, exposure, fragility, susceptibility

• A single unpatched app exposed the network’s vulnerability.

• Admitting vulnerability can help leaders
3. Insolvency
The inability to pay debts when they are due.
Bankruptcy, ruin, default, financial collapse

• Falling sales pushed the bakery toward insolvency.

• The court declared the airline’s insolvency and sold off its planes.
4. Discrepancy
A difference or inconsistency between things that should match.
Inconsistency, mismatch, variance, gap

• The accountant spotted a discrepancy between the invoice and the receipt.

• A discrepancy in the two witnesses’ stories raised suspicion.
5. Supersede
To replace something older or previously used.
Replace, override, displace, succeed

• The new regulations will supersede the rules from 2010.

• Faster engines eventually superseded steam locomotives.
6. Supplement
Something added to complete, improve or enhance another thing.
Addition, complement, extra, add-on

• Her part-time tutoring is a supplement to her teaching salary.

• The appendix serves as a supplement to the main report.
7. Hasten
To make something happen sooner or move more quickly.
Accelerate, speed up, quicken, rush

• Heavy traffic can hasten a driver’s frustration.

• Better sanitation helped hasten the decline of disease.
8. Nominal
Existing in name only; or, very small in amount.
Token, in name only, symbolic, minimal

• He was the nominal leader, but the vice president made every decision.

• The museum charges only a nominal fee for students.
9. Idiosyncratic
Peculiar or distinctive to one particular person or thing.
Quirky, peculiar, individual, distinctive

• The chef’s idiosyncratic style pairs chocolate with chilli.

• Her idiosyncratic handwriting was hard for anyone else to read.
10. Detrimental
Causing harm or damage; disadvantageous.
Harmful, damaging, adverse, injurious

• Skipping sleep is detrimental to memory and focus.

• The detrimental effects of pollution reached the coastline
11. Amenable
Open and willing to cooperate, agree or be influenced.
Agreeable, receptive, cooperative, open

• The landlord was amenable to lowering the rent.

• Young children are often amenable to gentle persuasion.
12. Pertinent
Relevant or directly related to the subject at hand.
Relevant, germane, applicable, fitting

• Please include only pertinent details in your report.

• The lawyer asked a pertinent question about the contract’s date.
13. Recapitulation
A summary or restatement of the main points.
Recap, summary, review, restatement

• The final chapter offers a recapitulation of the book’s key arguments.

• Her closing recapitulation helped the jury remember the evidence.
14. Corollary
A natural consequence or result of something else.
Consequence, outcome, by-product, result

• Higher demand has a corollary: higher prices.

• A corollary of the new law is that every driver must carry insurance.
15. Hypothesis
A proposed explanation that can be tested.
Theory, conjecture, proposition, premise

• The biologist’s hypothesis was that warmer water changes fish migration.

• Experiments confirmed the hypothesis after three trials.
16. Reconciling
Making different ideas, accounts or differences consistent.
Harmonizing, resolving, squaring, aligning

• Reconciling two eyewitness accounts took the detective all night.

• She is reconciling her love of art with her family’s push toward medicine.
17. Instituting
Establishing, introducing or putting something into effect.
Establishing, launching, enacting, introducing

• The school is instituting a new policy on phone use.

• Instituting a morning routine improved his
18. Admonished
Warned or reprimanded firmly.
Scolded, cautioned, rebuked, reprimanded

• The coach admonished the team for arriving late.

• The librarian admonished the loud visitors with a quiet look.
19. Entitled
Having a right to something; or, believing oneself deserving of special treatment.
Eligible, authorized, deserving, privileged

• Every citizen is entitled to a fair trial.

• His entitled attitude annoyed the whole kitchen staff.
20. Prone
Likely or inclined to experience or do something.
Inclined, liable, susceptible, apt

• Low-lying towns are prone to flooding.

• She is prone to losing her keys when she is in a hurry.
21. Loath
Reluctant or unwilling to do something.
Reluctant, unwilling, averse, disinclined

• He was loath to leave before the final whistle.

• Investors are loath to take risks in uncertain markets.
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Double-duty words: two meanings in one

The SAT likes words that can mean two things, and the right choice depends on the sentence.
  • Nominal: in name only (the nominal leader) or tiny in amount (a nominal fee).
  • Entitled: having a legal or moral right (entitled to a refund) or acting as if you deserve special treatment (an entitled customer).

Final word

August’s list rewards students who read for attitude as well as definition. Learn what each word means, decide how it feels, and you will answer words-in-context questions faster and with more confidence.
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