DSAT 8th March

1. Aberration – A deviation from what is normal or expected

2. Acrimonious – Bitter in temper or tone

3. Adulation – Excessive praise or admiration

4. Aesthetic – Concerned with beauty or appreciation of beauty

5. Alleviate – To relieve or make more bearable

6. Ambivalent – Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas

7. Amiable – Friendly and pleasant

8. Anachronism – Something out of place in time

9. Anecdote – A short, interesting story about a real incident or person

10. Apprehensive – Anxious or fearful about the future

11. Arduous – Difficult and requiring much effort

12. Assiduous – Showing great care and perseverance

13. Benevolent – Well-meaning and kindly

14. Bolster – To support or strengthen

15. Cacophony – A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

16. Capitulate – To surrender or give in

17. Censure – To express severe disapproval

18. Circumspect – Cautious and unwilling to take risks

19. Clandestine – Secret or concealed, often for illicit purposes

20. Coalesce – To come together and form a whole

21. Cognizant – Aware or informed

22. Conundrum – A difficult problem or dilemma

23. Corroborate – To confirm or give support to a statement

24. Deleterious – Causing harm or damage

25. Deride – To ridicule or mock

26. Disparage – To belittle or criticize

27. Dogmatic – Arrogantly assertive about one's beliefs

28. Dubious – Hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon

29. Ebullient – Cheerful and full of energy

30. Elicit – To draw out a response or reaction

1. Elucidate – To explain or clarify

2. Emulate – To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing

3. Enervate – To weaken or drain energy

4. Ephemeral – Lasting for a very short time

5. Equanimity – Calmness and composure under pressure

6. Esoteric – Intended for or understood by only a small group

7. Euphemism – A mild or indirect word used in place of a harsh one

8. Exacerbate – To make a problem worse

9. Exculpate – To clear from blame or guilt

10. Exorbitant – Unreasonably high (especially in price)

11. Extol – To praise highly

12. Facetious – Treating serious issues with humor

13. Fallacious – Based on a mistaken belief

14. Fastidious – Very attentive to detail

15. Fervent – Having intense passion or enthusiasm

16. Flippant – Lacking proper respect or seriousness

17. Fortuitous – Happening by chance; lucky

18. Garrulous – Excessively talkative

19. Grandiose – Impressive but overly ambitious

20. Hackneyed – Overused and unoriginal

21. Hapless – Unfortunate or unlucky

22. Harangue – A long, intense verbal attack or speech

23. Haughty – Arrogantly superior or disdainful

24. Hedonist – A person devoted to pleasure

25. Iconoclast – A person who challenges or criticizes traditional beliefs

26. Idiosyncrasy – A unique personal trait

27. Impetuous – Acting quickly without thought

28. Inchoate – Not fully formed or developed

29. Indolent – Lazy or avoiding work

30. Intransigent – Unwilling to compromise

1. Inveterate – Deeply rooted; long-established

2. Irascible – Easily angered or irritable

3. Juxtapose – To place side by side for comparison

4. Laconic – Using very few words; concise

5. Lament – To express sorrow or regret

6. Languid – Lacking energy or enthusiasm

7. Loquacious – Very talkative

8. Malleable – Easily shaped or influenced

9. Mendacious – Lying or deceitful

10. Mitigate – To make less severe

11. Munificent – Very generous

12. Nefarious – Wicked or criminal

13. Noxious – Harmful or poisonous

14. Obfuscate – To make something unclear or confusing

15. Obsequious – Overly submissive or eager to please

16. Ostentatious – Showy, designed to impress

17. Paragon – A model of excellence or perfection

18. Partisan – Strongly supporting a particular cause

19. Pernicious – Harmful in a gradual way

20. Placate – To calm or appease someone

21. Precarious – Unstable or risky

22. Proclivity – A natural tendency toward something

23. Prosaic – Dull or lacking imagination

24. Pugnacious – Eager to argue or fight

25. Quixotic – Unrealistically idealistic

26. Recalcitrant – Stubbornly resistant to authority

27. Repudiate – To reject or disown

28. Sagacious – Wise or having keen judgment

29. Superfluous – More than necessary

30. Surreptitious – Done secretly or stealthily

1. Advocative – Pertaining to advocacy; supporting a cause.

2. Allusion – An indirect reference to something.

3. Ambiguity – The quality of being open to multiple interpretations.

4. Analogy – A comparison between two things for explanation.

5. Apprehend – To understand or arrest someone.

6. Articulate – Able to express ideas clearly.

7. Bane – A cause of great distress or annoyance.

8. Bereft – Deprived of something; lacking.

9. Bias – A tendency to favor one thing over another.

10. Berate – To scold or criticize angrily.

11. Brevity – Concise and exact use of words.

12. Cache – A collection of items stored in a hidden place.

13. Capitulate – To surrender or give in.

14. Credible – Believable or trustworthy.

15. Corroborate – To confirm or support with evidence.

16. Complacent – Showing smug satisfaction with oneself.

17. Construe – To interpret or analyze something in a particular way.

18. Contentious – Causing or likely to cause an argument.

19. Covet – To desire something belonging to another.

20. Debunk – To expose the falseness of a belief.

21. Defunct – No longer existing or functioning.

22. Didactic – Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction.

23. Delegate – To entrust a task or responsibility to another person.

24. Dispel – To drive away or eliminate something.

25. Doctrine – A set of beliefs or principles held and taught by a group.

26. Dogma – A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.

27. Eclectic – Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

28. Embezzle – To steal or misappropriate money placed in one's trust.

29. Elicit – To draw out a response or reaction.

30. Empirical – Based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.