NSF nationals vocabulary 01

Question 1

abacus

Answer 1

a device for making arithmetic calculations

Question 2

abash

Answer 2

to be embarrassed

Question 3

abetted

Answer 3

to encourage or support in a wrongdoing

Question 4

abhor

Answer 4

to hate with repugnance

Question 5

abjure

Answer 5

to reject a held belief, renounce under oath

Question 6

abstain

Answer 6

to hold back or refrain from

Question 7

abstemious

Answer 7

sparing in consumption of food or drink

Question 8

abstruse

Answer 8

difficult to penetrate or understand

Question 9

abut

Answer 9

to be adjacent to, share a boundary

Question 10

accede

Answer 10

to give consent, take on duties or work

Question 11

accretion

Answer 11

an addition

Question 12

accrued

Answer 12

to accumulate over time

Question 13

Achilles heel

Answer 13

a spot or area that is vulnerable

Question 14

acrimonious

Answer 14

caustic in nature, marked by strong resentment

Question 15

addled

Answer 15

to make confused or rotten

Question 16

adduce

Answer 16

advanced evidence for

Question 17

adjudicate

Answer 17

to settle or determine judically

Question 18

adjunct

Answer 18

added to another, subordinate

Question 19

adjure

Answer 19

request or command solemnly

Question 20

admonitory

Answer 20

serving to warn or admonish

Question 21

Adonis

Answer 21

A handsome young boy in Greek mythology

Question 22

adulation

Answer 22

excessive devotion to somebody, servile flattery

Question 23

adventitious

Answer 23

associated with chance and not a integral part

Question 24

adventurism

Answer 24

recklessness in politics or foreign affairs

Question 25

aegis

Answer 25

protection and support, shield or breastplate of zeus or athena