DSAT WORDS/FORMS

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100 dsat words/their forms

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Abate

To reduce in intensity; to lessen

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What are some different word forms of the word "Abate"?

Abating, Abater

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Abet

To support or encourage

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What are some different word forms of the word "Abet"?

Abetment, Abettor

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Abhor

To hate something

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What is a different word form of "Abhor"?

Abhorrer

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Abnegate

To deny or to give up the right or privilege to something

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What is a different word form of "Abnegate"?

Abnegation

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Abscond

To escape, run away, or to let go of something

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What is a different word form of "Abscond"?

Absconder

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Advocate

To support or argue for a cause

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What are some different word forms of "Advocate"?

Advocation. Advocative, Advocator

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Allue

To refer to something indirectly; commonly used in literature

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What are some different word form of "Allue"?

Allusion

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Ambiguity

Something that can be understood or interpreted in more than one manner

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What are some different word form of "Ambiguity"

Ambiguous

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Analogy

A comparison of two otherwise unalike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect; widely used in literature

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What are some different word form of "Analogy"

Analogous, Analogousness

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Apprehend

To arrest someone recognize the meaning of an idea or a thing

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What are some different word form of "Apprehend"

Apprehension, Apprehensibility

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Articulate

To explain something clearly

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What are some different word form of "Articulate"

Articulative, Articulator

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Bane

Something capable of causing destruction or ruin

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Bereft

Lacking something needed, wanted, or expected; a person grieving the death of a loved one

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Bias

To possess an inclined outlook towards an object or an idea

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What are some different word form of "Bias"

Biasness

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Berate

To scold someone strongly

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Brevity

Something or event that is short in length or duration

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What are some different word form of "Brevity"

Brief

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Cache

A secure place that is used to store objects secretly

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What are some different word form of "Cache"

Catching

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Capitalize

To profit from a resource or an opportunity

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What are some different word form of "Capitalize"

Capitalization

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Capitulate

To surrender on terms agreed upon in advance

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What are some different word form of "Capitulate"

Capitulation

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Credible

Something that can be trusted on the basis of logic on rationale

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Corroborate

To support with evidence or authority

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What are some different word form of "Corroborate"

Corroboration, Corroboratory, Corroborative

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Complacent

Accepting something after being self-satisfied

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What are some different word form of "Complacent"

Complacency

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Construe

To construct or interpret meaning of a sentence or words

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Contentious

Inclined towards argument or dispute

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What are some different word form of "Contentious"

Contentiousness

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Covet

Want or desire

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What are some different word form of "Covet"

Covetable, Coveter

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Dearth

Lack or absence of something

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Debunk

To expose the falseness of a fact

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What are some different word form of "Debunk"

Debunker

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Defunct

Extinct or no longer functioning

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Didatic

Something that is intended to be taught

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What are some different word form of "Didactic"

Didactical, Didacticism

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Delegate

A representative; to entrust work or responsibility to another person

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What are some different word form of "Delegate"

Delegation, Delegatee, Delegator

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Dispel

To drive away something (can also be a brief system or a myth)

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Doctrine

Principles or rules that create a belief system

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What are some different word form of "doctrine"

Indoctrine

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Dogma

Something considered an established opinions (can be a belief or a set of moral codes)

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What are some different word form of "Dogma"

Dogmatic

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Electric

Composed of elements drawn from various sources; can be sued to refer to a person who pursues an electric method or approach

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Embezzle

To take something (usually money or property) dishonestly for ones own use

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What are some different word form of "embezzle"

Embezzled, Embezzlement

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Elicit

To draw out an answer or explanation often by skillful question or discussion

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What are some different word form of "Elicit"

Elicitation, Elicitor

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Emperical

Something capable of being derived, verified, or disproved by observation or experiment

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Emulate

To try to be like or better than something

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What are some different word form of "Emulate"

Emulator

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Espouse

To take up and support as a cause; to marry someone

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What are some different word form of "Espouse"

Espouser

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Extort

To take something forcefully from a person

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What are some different word form of "Extort"

Extortion

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Expedite

To speed up the process or progress of an event

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What are some different word form of "Expedite"

Expedition

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Extraneous

Alien; something that exists or comes from outside

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What are some different word form of "Extraneous"

Extraneousness

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Equivocal

Something that is unclear or uncertain in its meaning

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What are some different word form of "Equivocal"

Equivocally

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Foil

A very thin sheet of metal; something or someone that serves as a contrast to another

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Fallacy

a false or mistaken idea

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Fortuitous

fortunate or lucky

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Flagrant

So bad as to be impossible to overlook

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Grandiloquent

A lofty, extravagant, or bombastic style, especially used in literature

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What are some different word form of "Grandiloquent"

Grandiloquence

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Gratuitous

Something that is required by the circumstance but done or provided freely

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Hapless

Unfortunate

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What are some different word form of "Haplessness"

Haplessness

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Hegemony

The social, cultural, ideological or economy influence exerted by a dominant group

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What are some different word form of "Hegemony"

Hegemonic

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Heterogenous

Something originating from an outside source; something consisting of different elements from various sources

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What are some different word form of "Heterogenous"

Heterogenicity

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Hubris

A heightened sense of self-pride or overconfidence

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Idiosyncrasy (also idiosyncratic)

A way of behaving or thinking that is characteristic of a person

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Impetuous or impetuousness

impulsive

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Impute, imputable or immutability

to blame someone unjustly

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incumbent or incumbency

someone who occupies a particular position or place

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Incite

to move to action; to make something happen

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Insurgent or insurgency

Someone who revolts against civil authority or an established government; a rebel

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Licentious or Licentiousness

Someone who disregards moral, ethical or legal restraints

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linchpin

Someone or something that holds together multiple pieces or people together

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Litigate, litigation or litigancy

To decide and settle in a court of law

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Maxim

Universal truth fundamental principle, or rule of conduct, or proverb