DSAT VOCAB

abase

to humiliate

abate

to reduce

abdicate

give up a position

aberration

something that differs from the norm

abet

to aid

abject

groveling

abjure

to reject

abnegation

renounce

abrogate

to abolish

abscond

leave hurriedly and secretly (from a committed crime).

Escape

abstruse

hard to comprehend

accede

to agree

to assume a position/office

accentuate

to stress

accolade

high praise

accord

an agreement

accost

to confront verbally

accretion

slow growth in size or amount

acerbic

sharp/bitter in tone or taste

acrimony

bitterness

adroit

skillful

adulation

excessive flattery/praise

adumbrate

indicate faintly

report/represent in outline (vague)

adverse

preventing success or development

affable

friendly

affront

an/to insult

aggrandize

to increase or make greater (power

aggregate

form/group into cluster

alacrity

eagerness

allay

to soothe

amalgamate

to bring together

ameliorate

to improve

amenable

willing

amenity

an item that increases comfort

amorous

showing love

antediluvian

ancient

anthology

a selected collection of writings

antiquated

old

antiseptic

clean

antithesis

the absolute opposite

apocryphal

fictitious

apprehend

to seize

approbation

praise

arable

fertile

arbiter

one who can resolve a dispute

arbitrary

random

arboreal

of or relating to trees

arcane

obscure

ardor

extreme vigor

arid

excessively dry

arrogate

to take/claim without justification

ascribe

give credit to

aspersion

attack reputation/integrity of

assiduous

showing great care/perseverance.

diligent

assuage

to calm

atrophy

to wither away

augment

to add to

auspicious

favorable

austere

bare minimum

avarice

excessive greed

aversion

hate for something

banal

bland

beguile

to trick

behemoth

huge

bereft

devoid of

bilk

cheat

blandish

to coax by using flattery

boon

a gift or blessing

brusque

short

buffet

(verb) to strike with

burnish

to polish

buttress

support

cacophany

tremendous noise

cajole

to urge

calumny

an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies

candor

honesty

canny

shrewd/astute (showing good judgment esp in money/business)

capacious

very spacious

capitulate

to surrender

capricious

subject to whim

carouse

to party

carp

to annoy

caucus

a meeting usually held by people toward the same goal

cavort

to leap about

censure

harsh criticism

cerebral

related to the intellect

circuitous

roundabout

circumlocution

indirect and wordy language

circumscribed

marked off

circumspect

cautious

clandestine

secret

clemency

mercy

coalesce

to fuse into a whole

cogent

intellectually convincing

cognizant

aware

colloquial

characteristic of informal conversation

collusion

secret agreement

commensurate

corresponding in size or amount

commodious

roomy

compound

(verb) to combine parts