DSAT Vocab

Pervasive

common, prevalent (usually a bad thing)

Prudent

cautious; acting with care for the future

Scrupulous

extremely attentive to details

Futile

hopeless, pointless

Austerity

a stern and serious quality

Contrive

to bring something about through trickery

Disparate

distinct or dissimilar

Profusion

an abundance

Prefigure

to be an early indicator of

Entrench

to establish firmly

Emanate

to spread out from a centralized source

Elude

to escape or evade from

Proliferation

a rapid increasing

Preclude

to prevent something from happening

Consecrated

sacred

Contentious

causing controversy or argument

Demarcate

to separate or set apart from

Conflated

combined

Desultory

lacking a plan or purpose

Veritable

actual(ly), real(ly) (really weird word, ex. He is a veritable monster or he is veritably sorry)

Evenhanded

fair

Paradox

contradiction

Deference

submission and respect

Auspicious

promising, favorable

Enigmatic

mysterious

Enigma

someone or something that is mysterious

Venerable

respected

Galvanizing

stimulating

Avant-garde

innovative

Pretentious

appearing to be more than you are; typically to impress someone

Innocuous

not dangerous

Synopsis

summary

Serendipity

good luck (noun)

Precarious

dangerous

Revered

honored, respected, venerated

Zenith

peak

Nadir

bottom

Incongruity

unsuitability, oddity

Recant

to withdraw a previously held belief

Corollary

a result that is a natural consequence of something else

Buttress

to strengthen or defend

Paucity

a lack, not enough quantity

Substantiate

to support with proof

Interject

suddenly inserted between

Affinity

a liking of something towards something else

Nuance

a subtle shade or difference in opinion

Latent

functionless

Arcane

known to only a few people

Perpetual

never-ending

Semantic

relating to meaning in language or logic

Inviolate

unaltered

Commodify

to make something of commercial use

Dogmatic

believing strongly in one's opinion

Spurious

false

elide

to omit or leave out something

attrition

reducing the strength of something with sustained pressure

protract

prolong

enumerate

to list out something one by one

permeate

to spread throughout

pervade

to spread throughout

Transistory

temporary, not permanent

trepidation

a fear about something that may happen

incorrigible

incapable of being corrected or reformed

infallible

incapable of being wrong or making mistakes; perfect

induce

to cause

ungainly

awkward or clumsy

upbraid

to scold or criticize

temper

to soften or tone down

terse

using words sparingly (adj.)

tinge

color, shade, or tint (can be used as noun or verb)

voluble

talking too much, verbose

willful

deliberate; determined

zealous

enthusiastic, passionate

vacillate

to be indecisive; to waver in between opinions or actions

vindicate

clear someone of blame or suspicion

vilify

to slander, to insult

abdication

act of formally relinquishing power

versimilitude

authenticity; the appearance of being true

upend

overturn

tenuous

weak

conspicuous

standing out; clearly visible

redress

to remedy or to set right

evince

to reveal the prescence of, to show

sanction

to permit or authorize

ameliorate

to make something bad less worse

cordial

warm and friendly

postulate

to assume or claim as true; typically done to prove something else

renounce

abandon, reject

stymie

prevent or hinder the progress of

disparage

to regard something to be of little worth

outstrip

to overtake, to outpace

putatively

supposedly

mollify

to calm or make less severe

indelible

memorable; not able to be erased or removed

searing

extremely hot or intense

appropriate (verb)

to allocate or assign

abound

to exist in large numbers/to have large numbers

wrought

shaped; made

intrepid

brave, fearless

sham

something fake or false