DSAT vocab (1-3)

receptive

adj. open to reception

lacquer

n. a type of varnish

endearing

adj. evoking affection

candidacy

n. application for a position, role, or job

engender

v. to produce or give rise to

ambivalent

adj. to have mixed feelings about

relish

v. to enjoy

construe

v. to deduce by inference or interpretation

calibrate

v. to determine the range or accuracy of

substantiate

v. to establish by proof or evidence

scrawl

v. to write awkwardly or illegibly

pageant

n. a show or exhibition

traipse

v. to walk aimlessly

agitate

v. to disturb or excite emotionally

bazaar

n. a middle eastern marketplace

candor

n. frankness

conducive

adj. contributing to

procession

n. the act of moving along

pervasive

adj. spread throughout

flurry

n. sudden excitement or confusion

bounty

n. generous gift

despoil

v. to spoil something

stewardship

n. the responsibility of looking after something such as property, financial affairs, etc.

broach

v. to initiate a topic for discussion

satiate

v. to satisfy to the full

thaw

v. to melt

prone to

(idiom phrase) likely to

prone

adj. horizontal

opine

v. to express an opinion

baffle

v. to confuse

irksome

adj. causing irritation

nuisance

n. something that bothers or causes irritation

intimate

v. to hint at

tumult

n. a violent and noisy disturbance

fetish

n. a blind obsession with something

perseverance

n. steady persistence despite obstacles

antipathy

n. ill will

trifling

adj. unimportant

prowl

v. to move about stealthily hunting for prey

malignity

n. intense ill will

sentinel

n. a guard

slumber

a sleep or rest

pittance

small change

inexorable

adj. unstoppable

monotonous

adj. without variation

malicious

adj. to be hateful

dismay

n. a sudden disillusionment

indignation

n. a righteous anger

treacherous

adj. betraying trust

critique

n. critical analysis

brawl

n. a noisy fight

welter

n. a confused mass

cognitive

adj. related to the process of perception or memory

underpin

v. to reinforce

reverberate

v. to echo

revamp

v. to renovate

conjugate

v. to inflect a verb

ornate

adj. decorative

allude

v. to refer to indirectly

aggrandize

v. to make greater in power or wealth