updated dsat vocab

postulate

to suggest

supposition

uncertain belief

insuperable

impossible to overcome

ineluctable

not escapable

engender

give rise to/cause

ambivalence

having mixed/contradicting feelings

arbitrary

based randomely/not off reason

brevity

consise

buttress

increase strength for

deference

submission + humble

novel

new and interesting

versimilitude

true/real

rudimentary

basic/unsophisticated

paucity

scarcity

latent

dormant

innocuous

underscore

recant

benign

pragmatic

practical/realistic

disparate

different/unsimilar

pervasive

negative spreading widely through an area

venerate

regard with great respect/venerie

ameliorate

to improve something bad

enigmatic

difficult to interpret/understand

multifarious

of many types

repudiate

refuse to accept or be associated with

precarious

in danger of falling/collapsing

exacerbating

to make a problem worse

epitomizing

to be a perfect example of

redressing

to remedy/set right

contentious

controversial

tenuous

very weak/slight

conspicuous

standing out/noticable

inextricable

impossible to escape from

presaged

be a sign or warning something bad will happen

incongruous

not in harmony

subversive

undermine the authority of/recalcitrant

cryptic

having a meaning that is obscure/mysterious

dogmatic

lay down principles as TRUE even if not

nuanced

characterized as subtle shade or meaning

misconstrue

to interpret something wrongly

denigrate

criticize unfairly, wrongly

ubiquitous

present/found everywhere

arcane

mysterious

disparage

regard or represent with little worth

outstrip

overtake something else

stymie

hinder the progress of

sanguine

optimistic/positive

recalcitrant

being uncooperative towards authority

desultory

lacking plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

depose

to remove from office suddenly

equivocal

ambiguous, open to more than one interpretation

equitable

fair/ impartial

fervor

intense/passionate feeling

superfluous

unnecessary

harbinger

thing that signals the approach of something else

placate

make people less hostile

vincidate

free someone from suspicion

evince

reveal the presence of a quality

demarcated

fixing the boundary or limits of something

distinguish something from something else

the barbed wire demarcated the city from the plains

misanthropic

disliking humankind and avoiding humans

nominal

in name or title only

nebulous

unclear, vague

profound

great or intense

preclude

prevent from happening

conflate

to combine two topics into one

conjecture

based on incomplete information

arduous

difficult and tiring

counterfactual

relating to what is not the case

scrupulous

very carefully done

spurious

false or fake

augment

make greater

unpalatable

untolerable in taste

assuage

to reassure

diverged

to be separate from; move away from

prefigure

to be an early indication of something

antecedent

something that logically precedes something else

copious

plenty

elicit

to evoke or draw out a response from someone

lucrative

lot of profit

promulgate

to make known or spread widely

sporadic

happens occasionally/irregularly

earnest

sincere

expound

to expand on, present a theory in detail

protract

to prolong

permeate

to saturate, spread something

elide

to omit when speaking, or merge

pernicious

have a harmful effect

insular

to be ignorant of

indoctrinate

teach a group of people to accept a set of beliefs

auspicious

easy for success, favorable

galvanizing

shock or excite someone into taking action