NSF nationals vocabulary 02

Question 1

aesthetic

Answer 1

showing or having good taste

Question 2

affidavit

Answer 2

a written declaration made under oath before a official

Question 3

affront

Answer 3

a personally offensive act or word

Question 4

agape

Answer 4

with the mouth wide open in surprise

Question 5

agita

Answer 5

heartburn, anxiety

Question 6

agoraphobia

Answer 6

a fear of being in open spaces

Question 7

agronomist

Answer 7

an expert in field cropsand soil-management

Question 8

alacrity

Answer 8

liveliness and briskness

Question 9

allegation

Answer 9

a assertion made with no or little proof

Question 10

allegory

Answer 10

a symbolical narrative

Question 11

allude

Answer 11

to refer casually or indirectly

Question 12

altruistic

Answer 12

dedicated to the welfare of others

Question 13

altruistically

Answer 13

in a altruistic manner

Question 14

ambulatory

Answer 14

adapted for walking

Question 15

ambush

Answer 15

to attack by surprise, hiding in attack

Question 16

amelioration

Answer 16

an improvement, change for the better

Question 17

amethyst

Answer 17

a purplish tint, violet quartz

Question 18

amicable

Answer 18

showing goodwill and friendship

Question 19

amino acids

Answer 19

organic compounds that contain one amino group

Question 20

amorphous

Answer 20

lacking a definite form, having no specific shape

Question 21

anachronism

Answer 21

something or someone not in its correct chronological time, an artifact that belongs in another time

Question 22

anaerobic

Answer 22

active in the absence of free oxygen

Question 23

analgesic

Answer 23

a type of medicine that relieves pain

Question 24

analogous

Answer 24

corresponding in function, corresponding in particular

Question 25

amity

Answer 25

state of friendship and cordiality