300 Advanced DSAT Vocabulary Words

abase

(v.) to humiliate, degrade

abate

(v.) to reduce, lessen

abdicate

(v.) to give up leadership position

aberrant

(adj.) deviating from the norm

abeyance

(n.) suspension/inactivity

abject

(adj.) miserable, pitiful

abjure

(v.) reject

abnegation

(n.) self-denial/sacrifice

abrogate

(v.) to abolish

abscond

(v.) hide

abstemious

(adj.) not self-indulgent, abstinent

abstruse

(adj.) hard to comprehend

accede

(v.) to agree

acerbic

(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste

acrimony

(n.) bitterness, discord

admonish

(v.) caution/criticize

adroit

(adj.) skillful, dexterous

adulation

(n.) extreme praise

adumbrate

(v.) to sketch out vaguely

adventitious

(adj.) accidental, nonessential

aesthetic

(adj.) artistic, related to the appreciation of beauty

affable

(adj.) friendly, amiable

aggregate

(v.) to gather into a mass; (n.) a whole or total

alacrity

(n.) eagerness, speed

alleviate

(v.) to relieve, make more bearable

amalgamate

(v.) gather/unite

ambivalent

(adj.) having opposing feelings

ameliorate

(v.) to improve

amenable

(adj.) compliant

anachronism

(n.) something out of place in time

anathema

(n.) a cursed thing

anodyne

(adj.) inoffensive; (n.) something that soothes

antipathy

(n.) a strong dislike, repugnance

apocryphal

(adj.) fictitious, false, wrong

apotheosis

(n.) the highest point; glorification to a divine level

approbation

(n.) praise

arcane

(adj.) obscure, secret, known only by a few

arduous

(adj.) extremely difficult, laborious

ascetic

(adj.) practicing self-discipline, abstinent

asperity

(n.) severity, harshness

assiduous

(adj.) hard-working, diligent

assuage

(v.) to ease, pacify

attenuate

(v.) to weaken or reduce in force

audacious

(adj.) excessively bold

austere

(adj.) very bare, bleak; stern

avarice

(n.) excessive greed

banal

(adj.) dull, commonplace

bellicose

(adj.) aggresive

bombastic

(adj.) excessively confident, pompous

burgeon

(v.) to grow or flourish

cacophony

(n.) tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

capricious

(adj.) subject to whim, fickle

castigate

(v.) to punish/criticize

catalyst

(n.) something that causes a change or action

caustic

(adj.) bitter, biting, acidic

censure

(v.) rebuke

charlatan

(n.) a fraud, a quack

chicanery

(n.) trickery, deception

cogent

(adj.) intellectually convincing

commensurate

(adj.) corresponding in size or amount

compunction

(n.) guilt

concomitant

(adj.) accompanying in a subordinate fashion

conflagration

(n.) great fire

confluence

(n.) a gathering together

contentious

(adj.) quarrelsome, causing disputes

contravene

(v.) contradict

contrite

(adj.) penitent, eager to be forgiven

conundrum

(n.) puzzle, problem

convivial

(adj.) characterized by feasting, drinking, merriment

corroborate

(v.) to support with evidence

cosmopolitan

(adj.) sophisticated, worldly

countenance

(v.) to approve, tolerate; (n.) facial expression

covet

(v.) to desire enviously

cupidity

(n.) greed, strong desire

dearth

(n.) a lack, scarcity

deference

(n.) respect, courtesy

deleterious

(adj.) harmful

demagogue

(n.) a leader who appeals to people's prejudices

demur

(v.) to doubt

denigrate

(v.) to belittle, diminish the opinion of

deride

(v.) to scorn

desiccate

(v.) to dry out

desultory

(adj.) lacking plans or enthusiasm

diatribe

(n.) a harsh denunciation

dichotomy

(n.) a division into two parts

didactic

(adj.) intended to instruct; overly moralistic

diffident

(adj.) modest and shy

dilatory

(adj.) tending to delay, causing delay

dilettante

(n.) amateur

dissonance

(n.) lack of harmony or consistency

eclectic

(adj.) diverse variety

edifying

(adj.) educating

effervescent

(adj.) bubbly, lively

effrontery

(n.) insolence

egregious

(adj.) extremely bad

elicit

(v.) to bring forth, draw out, evoke

emollient

(adj.) soothing; (n.) a soothing substance

empirical

(adj.) based on observation or experience

enervate

(v.) to weaken, exhaust

engender

(v.) to bring about, create, generate