DSAT Vocab

Rectify

correct

Impede

prevent something

Momentous

of great importance or significance (especially having a bearing on future events)

Badger

to pester or annoy

Callous

insensitive

Absolve

clear of wrongdoing

Defunct

no longer in use or existence

Desolate

lifeless; depress; bleak

Abate

decrease, recede (move back or away)

Tenuous

very weak or slight

Invoke

to cite or appeal to someone or something as an authority for an action or in support of an argument

Supplant

to supercede or replace

Placate

to make someone less angry or hostile

Palpable

capable of being touched or felt

Transpose

to cause two or more things to take the place of each other

Lament

express regret or disappointment about something

Vindicate

to clear something or someone of blame or suspicion

Preclude

to prevent something from happening or being possible

Decry

denounce or discredit

Feign

to represent falsely; fake

Stipulate

to specify or demand a requirement or condition as part of an agreement

Deplorable

regrettable

Magnanimous

generous, forgiving

Clandestine

done in hiding/secret

Cursory

not thorough; superficial

Supple

flexible

Replete

completely filled

Culpable

deserving of blame

Deride

to ridicule or mock

Overt

obvious

Miser

stingy person

Heterodox

contrary to or differing from established beliefs or accepted doctrines

Credulity

gullibility

Amicable

agreeable

Resolute

determined

Mutable

changeable

Benevolent

kind and helpful

Tactful

sensitive in dealing with others

Animosity

bitter hatred

Prefigure

to show, suggest, or announce beforehand; to show or suggest that something will happen in the future

Forfeiture

a giving up of something

Erroneous

incorrect

Recant

to take back a previously held belief

Buttress

strengthen or defend

Localized

to restrict, assign, or keep in a particular location

Latent

dormant or functionless

Paltry

trivial, lacking in importance

Arduous

involving strenuous, requiring a lot of effort

Candid

direct

Candor

honesty

Incongruous

not responding or agreeing

Incisive

sharpness of mind

Inundate

overwhelm or flood

Immutable

unchangeable

Accrue

to increase or to gain

Supersede

to replace with something better

Deleterious

harmful to one’s health

Acumen

sharpness of knowledge or insight

Nefarious

extremely wicked

Brevity

concise without wasted words

Derelict

abandoned, neglected of duty

Censure

to blame or condemn

Fortuitous

by chance/accident

Verbose

wordy

Assail

to attack someone

Accost

to approach and speak to someone

Acuity

sharpness

Deferential

yielding to the opinions of others

Aberration

a deviation from the normal or proper

Proscribe

to forbid

Atrophy

to deteriorate

Laud

to praise highly

Dissonant

harsh or irregular in sound

Abet

to act as an accomplice, to aid

Amorphous

having no shape or character

Engender

to give rise to a feeling, situation, or condition

Austere

severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance; lacking any excess

Citadel

a strong holding or fortress

Equivocal

subject to two or more interpretations; of uncertain nature or classification

Repine

to feel or express discontent

Evince

to reveal the presence of a quality or feeling

Demagogue

a person who appeals to the emotions or feelings of the people

Neophyte

beginner or novice

Cogent

persuasive or forceful

Laconic

using few words

Ineluctable

unable to be escaped, inevitable