DSAT List 6

Restrain

v. To hold back or limit.

Retain

v. To keep or hold onto.

Retaliate

v. To respond to an attack.

Rousing

adj. Exciting or stirring.

Rudimentary

adj. Basic or simple.

Sanction

v. To authorize or approve.

Sanguine

adj. Optimistic or hopeful.

Saturate

v. To soak or fill completely.

Scorn

v. to look down on with disdain

Scrutinize

v. To examine closely.

Secretive

adj. Keeping things hidden.

Sensitive

adj. Easily affected or aware.

Simulate

v. To imitate or replicate.

Sincerity

n. The quality of being genuine.

Skeptical

adj. Doubtful or questioning.

Sophisticated

adj. Complex or refined.

Span

n. The extent or length of something.

Sparingly

adv. insufficiently, meagerly, or in a restricted manner

Speculate

v. To guess or theorize.

Spurious

adj. False or deceptive.

Stark

adj. Very plain; devoid of any details or features

Strenuously

adv. With great effort.

Sturdily

adv. Strongly or solidly.

Stymie

v. To hinder or block.

Substantial

adj. Large or important.

Subtle

adj. Hard to detect or analyze

Succumb

v. To give in or surrender.

Superficial

adj. Shallow or lacking depth.

Supplement

v. To add to something.

Surmise

v. To infer or guess.

Surpass

v. To exceed or go beyond.

Surrender

v. To give up or yield.

Susceptible

adj. Easily influenced or affected.

Synchronization

n. The process of coordinating events.

Tentative

adj. Uncertain or not fully decided.

Tenuous

adj. Weak or insubstantial.

Theoretical

adj. Based on theory rather than practice.

Theory

n. A system of ideas intended to explain something.

Thoughtfulness

n. Consideration for others.

Tranquil

adj. Peaceful and calm.

Transform

v. To change in form or appearance.

Ubiquitous

adj. Present everywhere.

Uncontroversial

adj. Not likely to cause disagreement.

Undeniable

adj. Cannot be disputed.

Underscore

v. To emphasize.

Unimportant

adj. Not significant.

Unintended

adj. Not planned or meant.

Universal

adj. Common to all.

Unmistakable

adj. Clearly recognizable.

Unobtrusive

adj. Not attracting attention.

Unoriginal

adj. Lacking originality.

Unpredictable

adj. Difficult to foresee.

Validate

v. To confirm the accuracy of something.

Variable

adj. Likely to change.

Verisimilitude

n. The appearance of being true or real.

Veritable

adj. Used to emphasize truth.

Vigilance

n. The action of keeping careful watch.

Vital

adj. Urgently necessary

Waive

v. To give up a right or claim voluntarily.

Warranted

adj. Justified or necessary.

Widespread

adj. Found or occurring over a large area.

Withdraw

v. To remove or retreat.