NSF nationals vocabulary 03

Question 1

ancillary

Answer 1

subordinate, added support

Question 2

angst

Answer 2

a feeling of dread or anxiety

Question 3

animus

Answer 3

a strong dislike, a feeling of ill will

Question 4

antagonism

Answer 4

active hostility or opposition in between groups (disliking)

Question 5

antagonistic

Answer 5

acting in opposition and hatred

Question 6

anthropology

Answer 6

the social study of the social relationships of human, science of humans

Question 7

apartheid

Answer 7

a racial segregation that involves discrimination against people that are not whites

Question 8

aperture

Answer 8

a small gap or opening

Question 9

aphorism

Answer 9

a terse saying that expresses a general truth

Question 10

apocalypse

Answer 10

a revelation concerning the end of the world

Question 11

apparition

Answer 11

the act of becoming visible suddenly and unexpectedly

Question 12

appease

Answer 12

to bring to peace and quiet, to satisfy

Question 13

apperceptive

Answer 13

the result of perceiving, to relate percepts to past ones

Question 14

appertain

Answer 14

to be a part of, or belong

Question 15

apprise

Answer 15

to give notice to or inform, increase the value of

Question 16

apropos

Answer 16

at the right time, pertinent

Question 17

arachnid

Answer 17

a carnivorous arthropod with 4 pairs of legs and are wingless

Question 18

arbiter

Answer 18

a person empowered to decide matters, judge

Question 19

arboreal

Answer 19

relating to trees

Question 20

arcane

Answer 20

known by very few, mystery or secret

Question 21

archetypal

Answer 21

having the nature of a model or prototype

Question 22

archetype

Answer 22

the original pattern of a model

Question 23

ardor

Answer 23

great feeling, warmth or passion

Question 24

armada

Answer 24

a large fleet or group, the fleet sent against England

Question 25

armoire

Answer 25

a large cabinet or movable cupboard

Question 26

arrogate

Answer 26

to take or claim without authority

Question 27

ascorbic acid

Answer 27

a vitamin occurring in citrus and green vegetables that prevent scurvy

Question 28

ashen

Answer 28

ash colored, gray

Question 29

asinine

Answer 29

foolish, unintelligent, and STUPID!

Question 30

aspersion

Answer 30

a disparaging remark, the act of sprinkling water in baptism