DSAT Vocab (12/24)

Ameliorate

to make something bad or unsatisfactory better (개선하다 / 향상시키다)

Anomalous

deviating from what is normal or expected (이례적인 / 변칙적인)

Augment

to make something greater by adding to it (증가시키다 / 확대하다)

Belie

to give a false impression or contradict (잘못 나타내다 / 모순되다)

Coalesce

to come together to form one group or whole (합치다 / 융합하다)

Compounding

making a problem or situation worse by adding to it (악화시키는 / 복합적인)

Contentious

causing or likely to cause disagreement or argument (논쟁을 일으키는 / 다투기 좋아하는)

Decry

to publicly criticize or condemn (비난하다 / 헐뜯다)

Disparity

a noticeable and unfair difference (차이 / 불균형)

Equivocal

open to more than one interpretation; unclear (애매한 / 모호한)

Expediency

doing what is convenient rather than what is right (편의주의 / 방편)

Expediting

making a process happen faster (신속하게 하다 / 촉진)

Exorbitant

unreasonably high, especially in price or demand (과도한 / 터무니없는)

Facetious

joking or not serious, often inappropriately (익살스러운 / 경박한)

Fecundity

the ability to produce offspring or new ideas (생산력 / 풍요로움)

Harbinger

a sign or signal of something to come (전조 / 예고자)

Idiosyncratic

peculiar or individual in behavior or thought (특이한 / 독특한)

Infinitesimal

extremely small, almost immeasurable (극히 작은 / 미세한)

Insurmountable

too difficult to overcome (극복할 수 없는 / 넘기 힘든)