DSAT Vocabulary Flashcards

A collection of vocabulary flashcards from the DSAT vocabulary list to aid in exam preparation.

Unsettling

Causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing.

Confusing

Bewildering or perplexing.

Liberating

Freeing a place or people from enemy occupation.

Enjoyable

(of an activity or occasion) Giving delight or pleasure.

Obscure

To hide or conceal; mysterious, ambiguous.

Secure

To fix, attach or obtain; safe.

Resituate

Relocate.

Bury

Put or hide underground.

Impress

To impact or influence.

Assail

Make a concerted or violent attack on.

Spurn

To reject with disdain.

Propel

Drive, push, or cause to move in a particular direction.

Bustle

Excited activity and movement; noise.

Symbol

A thing that represents something else.

Compromise

To settle a dispute by mutual concession.

Retreat

To fall back or withdraw.

Surrender

To give up.

Apprentice

Novice, beginner, trainee.

Marvel

To wonder.

Laborious

Exhausting, hard.

Torment

To torture.

Abhorrence

Dislike or disgust.

Sternness

Strictness.

Rigor

Accuracy.

Discontent

Dissatisfaction.

Bewilderment

Confusion.

Stupefied

Unconscious.

Consternation

Slight fear.

Rallying

Protesting.

Accumulate

To pile or gather.

Dogmatic

Following a set of rules no matter what.

Surmise

To assume without evidence.

Contrive

To create deliberately by skill.

Subsume

To include or absorb.

Waive

To refrain from using a certain right or claim.

Concede

Give up or yield something you own.

Acquire

To obtain.

Retract

To withdraw or pull back.

Impenetrable

Impossible to pass through.

Indecipherable

Not able to figure out or understand.

Mitigate

To make less severe.

Broths

Soup consisting of meat and vegetable chunks.

Shiitake

A type of edible mushroom in Japan and China.

Coxcombical

Foolish person.

Banter

Jokes.

Jackanapes

Rude people.

Easel

Wooden frame for artists.

Hoax

Deceitful.

Circumvents

To find a way around; bypass.

Inadequate

Insufficient.

Resilient

Strong, flexible, pliable.

Remnant

Residue, remainder.

Replenish

To refresh, refill, renew.

Counterintuitive

Contrary to intuition or common sense.

Uproarious

Loud, rattling.

Epitomizing

To summarize.

Anticipate

To predict.

Transcending

Going beyond limits.

Empirical

Based on experience rather than pure logic or theory.

Ambivalence

Contradiction.

Renunciation

To give up, waive, deny.

Jarring

Striking or shocking; lacking harmony.

Sturdily

Constructed strong, not easily damaged.

Renounce

To concede or dismiss.

Delegate

Representative; to entrust, assign, authorize.

Animosity

Hostility.

Precursors

Ancestors.

Commonalities

Sharing features.

Refinements

Improvements.

Disconcerting

Disturbing.

Substantial

Fundamental.

Reciprocate

Equal treatment.

Buttress

To defend or increase strength; support.

Stimulate

To encourage.

Implement

A tool used for a particular purpose; to perform.

Improvise

To arrange or make something without prior planning.

Prevail

To prove more powerful; to dominate.

Succumb

To give in; fail to resist temptation.

Disparate

Different; not allowing comparison.

Quarrel

A fight.

Paucity

Rarity.

Profusion

Abundance.

Verisimilitude

Probability, chance, possibility.

Hinder

To prevent.

Aggravate

To annoy or make a problem worse.

Incomprehensible

Mysterious; too difficult to understand.

Unattainable

Unreachable.

Entrenching

Established so firmly that change is difficult.

Substantiating

To provide evidence to support or prove.

Subversive

Destroying or ruining.

Profound

Deep; intense in meaning.

Surpass

To exceed; to be greater than.

Rousing

Thrilling; exciting.

Susceptible

Liable to be influenced by.

Contingent

Depending on a case; subject to chance.

Saturated

Soaked; very bright.

Depleted

Used up supply.

Arbitrary

Based on random choice.

Equanimity

Mental calmness; composure.

Moderation

Avoiding excess or extremes; mildness.