dsat-vocabulary-list

Aberrant

Deviating from the usual or natural type.

Abound

To exist in large numbers or amounts.

Acetic

Relating to vinegar or acetic acid.

Accelerator

A device or substance that increases the speed of a process.

Accentuation

The act of making something more noticeable.

Acquisition

The act of gaining possession or control of something.

Adhere

To stick fast to a surface or substance.

Admonishment

A firm warning or reprimand.

Advantageous

Creating favorable circumstances that increase the chances of success.

Advocacy

The act of supporting a cause or proposal.

Aerial

Related to the air.

Aesthetic

Concerned with the appreciation of beauty.

Aforementioned

Referring to something previously mentioned.

Aggravate

To make a problem or injury worse.

Alleviate

To make suffering, deficiency, or a problem less severe.

Ambivalence

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas.

Animosity

Strong hostility or hatred.

Annotate

To add notes to a text for explanation or comment.

Anticipating

Expecting or predicting something.

Appropriate

Suitable or proper in the circumstances.

Attribute

To regard something as being caused by someone or something.

Authenticity

The quality of being genuine or real.

Avaricious

Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

Bellicose

Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

Beneficiary

A person who derives advantage from something.

Benign

Gentle and kindly.

Bureaucratic

Relating to the business of running an organization, or government.

Buttress

A structure that supports or strengthens.

Bystander

A person who is present at an event but does not take part.

Cacophony

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Capricious

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

Catastrophic

Involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering.

Censure

Express severe disapproval of someone or something.

Characteristic

A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing.

Circumvent

To find a way around (an obstacle).

Coerce

To persuade an unwilling person to do something by using force or threats.

Coincide

To occur at the same time or to occupy the same space.

Collaborate

To work jointly with others or together, especially in an intellectual endeavor.

Collective

Done by people acting as a group.

Commissioned

Authorized or ordered to perform a specific task.

Comparable

Able to be likened to another; similar.

Compelling

Evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way.

Complementary

Combining in such a way as to enhance or emphasize the qualities of each other.

Compose

To create or put together.

Comprises

Consists of, is made up of.

Concealed

Kept from sight; hidden.

Concede

To admit that something is true after first denying or resisting it.

Conceptualize

To form a concept or idea of something.

Concerning

On the subject of; regarding.

Conform

To comply with rules, standards, or laws.

Conjecture

An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

Contemporary

Living or occurring at the same time.

Contrive

To create or bring about by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

Controversial

Giving rise or likely to give rise to public disagreement.

Convention

A way in which something is usually done, especially within a particular area or activity.

Convey

To communicate or make known.

Copious

Abundant in supply or quantity.

Corollary

A proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved.

Counterintuitive

Contrary to what one would intuitively expect.

Credited

To regard or indicate as owing to.

Curtail

To reduce in extent or quantity.

Cull

To select from a large quantity.

Cultivated

Refined and well educated.

Daft

Silly; foolish.

Dearth

A scarcity or lack of something.

Decentralized

Distributing administrative powers or functions away from a central authority.

Deceptive

Giving an appearance or impression different from the true one.

Dedicate

To devote (time, effort, or oneself) to a particular task or purpose.

Delegate

To assign responsibility or authority to another person.

Delve

To investigate or research deeply.

Demonstrative

Tending to show feelings openly.

Denigrate

To criticize unfairly.

Deprecate

To express disapproval of.

Deride

To express contempt for; ridicule.

Derision

Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

Derived

Obtained from a specified source.

Deviates

To differ from an established course.

Dignity

The state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect.

Discernible

Able to be discerned or perceived.

Disconcerting

Causing one to feel unsettled.

Disengage

To detach or remove oneself from something.

Disorienting

Causing a loss of one's sense of direction.

Disparate

Essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.

Dissent

The expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held.

Distraction

A thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else.

Diverge

To separate from another route, especially a main one.

Diversification

The process of varying products or investments to reduce risk.

Dormant

Having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time.

Doubts

Feelings of uncertainty or lack of conviction.

Drafting

The act of preparing a preliminary version of a text.

Dulcet

Sweet and soothing (often used ironically).

Dynamic

Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.

Eclipse

The obscuring of one celestial body by another.

Edifice

A building, especially a large, imposing one.

Effusive

Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.

Elusive

Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.

Emigrate

To leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.

Empirical

Based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Engender

To cause or give rise to a feeling, situation, or condition.

Engulfs

To immerse completely.