DSAT Core Vocabulary & “Claim” Cluster

Vocabulary flashcards covering the entire “Claim” cluster and core DSAT word list from the lecture notes.

Advance

To put forward a claim

Assert

To state forcefully that something is true

Conjecture

(n.) A hypothesis; (v.) to hypothesize

Presupposition

An idea assumed beforehand about a subject

Surmise

To draw a conclusion without strong evidence

Bolster

To provide support for an argument

Buttress

To strengthen or support an argument

Substantiate

To provide evidence to prove a claim

Corroborate

To confirm or support a claim

Validate

To prove the accuracy of a claim

Concede

To admit that an opposing claim is true

Acknowledge

To accept or admit the validity of a claim

Rebut

To offer an argument against a claim

Refute

To prove that a claim is false

Grapple with

To struggle to understand or deal with a difficult problem

Ruminate about

To think deeply about

Infer

To deduce or conclude from evidence

Proponent

A person who supports a claim or action

Detractor

A person who criticizes a claim or action

Skeptic

A person who questions or doubts a claim

Abrupt

Sudden or unexpected

Adamant

Extremely stubborn; fixed in one’s viewpoint

Abundant

Plentiful

Accentuate

To make more noticeable or prominent

Acclaim

Enthusiastic and public praise

Adaptation

A change made to accommodate new circumstances

Advantageous

Creating favorable circumstances

Aesthetic

Related to the appreciation of beauty

Affecting

Touching the emotions; moving

Affinity

A strong attraction or liking

Ambiguous

Unclear; open to more than one interpretation

Ambivalence

Having mixed feelings

Ameliorate

To make better; improve

Amorphous

Shapeless; vague

Analogy

A comparison for clarification

Animosity

Strong dislike or hatred

Annotate

To make explanatory notes

Anomaly

Deviation from the norm

Antithetical

Directly contrasting; opposite

Appease

To make peace by giving in

Appraise

To assess the value or quality of something

Approximate

Close but not exact

Augment

To increase

Austere

Very plain; without decoration

Catalyze

To cause or speed up a reaction

Catastrophic

Utterly disastrous

Cease

To stop; halt

Circumvent

To find a way around; avoid

Cite

To quote or reference as evidence

Coalesce

To come together into one whole

Collaboration

The act of working together

Commonplace

Ordinary; unremarkable

Comprise

To include; contain

Confine

To restrict within limits

Confound

To utterly confuse; baffle

Consensus

General agreement

Conspicuous

Clearly visible; noticeable

Consumption

The act of eating or using up

Coarseness

Roughness; harshness

Contingent

Dependent upon; subject to

Contrive

To devise or plan

Copious

Abundant; plentiful

Credible

Believable

Credulous

Easily fooled; gullible

Deviation

Departure from what is normal

Dexterous

Skilled with one’s hands

Discernible

Detectable; visible

Debacle

A complete failure; fiasco

Deplete

To diminish; use up

Despondent

Feeling depressed; hopeless

Discord

General disagreement

Disparate

Very different; distinct

Disperse

To scatter in different directions

Disposition

Inherent personality trait

Diverge

To move apart; separate

Domestication

Taming of animals or cultivation of plants

Draconian

Excessively harsh or severe

Eccentric

Highly odd or unconventional

Eclipse

To overshadow or outshine

Elicit

To draw out a response

Elusive

Hard to find or achieve

Engender

To cause or give rise to

Engulf

To overwhelm completely

Enhance

To improve or intensify

Ephemeral

Very brief; short-lived

Equitable

Fair; just

Erratic

Unpredictable; irregular

Evade

To escape or avoid

Evince

To reveal or show clearly

Exacerbate

To make worse

Explicit

Stated clearly and directly

Exploit

To take unfair advantage of

Exposure

Contact with something

Fabricate

To invent with intent to deceive

Façade

False exterior or appearance

Foster

To encourage or promote

Fruitful

Productive; yielding good results

Fruitless

Unproductive; failing to achieve

Galvanize

To spur into action

Excavation

The act of digging up