DSAT Vocab

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Innocuous

not offensive, innocent

Ambivalence

having mixed feelings

Ineluctable

inevitable

Ubiquitous

everywhere all at once

Confounded

bewildered, baffled, confused

Draconian

excessively harsh

Pre-supposition

assumption, something that’s supposed

Anomaly

something unusual

Paucity

a small amount of

Profound

intellectually deep

Galvanize

to energize

Prodigious

enormous, large

unequivocal

certain, no doubt

Palpable

touchable, has to deal with intense feeling

Watershed

a critical turning point

Imposing

very large and impressive in size

Irrevocable

unable to be changed/undone

Contingent

dependent on

infinitesimal

small chance: zero to none like that small of a chance

haphazard

disorganized

peripheral

something of secondary importance

Exorbitant

extreme and excessive

Mitigate

try to make a problem less worse

antithetical

extremely opposing characteristics

affinity

strong liking of something or finding something attractive

engender

to cause/give rise to something

Lucrative

very profitable

pervasive

widespread

tenuous

very weak

conjecture

hypothesis

corroborate

to support with evidence

calamitous

disastrous, chaotic

indelible

unable to be removed/forgotten

insurumuntable

difficult to overcome

trivial

unimportant

myriad

many

copious

abundant

ephemeral

short lived, brief

laconic

using a few words

moribund

approaching death

dexterous

being skillful, especially with hands

prolific

being significantly important, productive

mercurial

moody, unpredictable

prescient

indication of future event

impede

to hinder

irate

to fill w/ rage

credulous

being easily fooled

precipitate

causing something to happen

appease

to make out peace by giving into demands

evince

to literally put one’s feelings out so others can see them

elicit

to draw out, usually a response

replenish

to fill up again, resupply

renounce

to take back

recant

to withdraw, take back; retract

despondent

depressed & down

detractor

a critic who puts down new ideas/inventions

deplete

to diminish by going down

revelation

something is revealed

excavation

process of digging up, usually a historical site

orientation

preference/liking for

disposition

inherent personality/character

pragamatic

practical

austere

very plain

catalyze

to cause a reaction

circumvent

to find a way around; avoid

coalesce

to come together to form a single mass

coarseness

roughness, harshness

conspicuous

clearly visible

contrive

to think up

discernible

visible, detectable

discord

general agreement

disparate

very different

equitable

fair

exacerbate

to make worse

fruitless/fruitful

not productive/productive

imminent

about to happen

idiosyncratic

highly particular, unique to an individual

impenetrable

impossible to pass through

incongruous

out of place, something that contrasts with its surroundings

infallible

incapable of making mistakes

insuperable

incapable of being overcome

latent

existing but in hidden/dormant form

misconstrue

to misunderstand

nebulous

vague, undefined

nuance

a subtle shade of difference/meaning

orthodox

conforming to standard theory/belief

outmoded

no longer fashionable- out of date

precursor

a person/thing that precedes a forerunner

pretext

false excuse given to justify a course of action

profusion

large amount

satiate

to fully satisfy

scrupulous

extremely attentive to details

spurious

false/fake

stipulate

to demand/specify as a part of the agreement

superfluous

more than enough

supplant

to replace/supersede

synchronize

to cause multiple events to occur at the same time

tally(n.)

a recorded account

unobtrusive

inconspicuous- not attracting attention

untenable

unable to be defended/supported