NSF nationals vocabulary 07

Question 1

caricature

Answer 1

a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

Question 2

carrion

Answer 2

dead body of an animal

Question 3

castigate

Answer 3

to censure severely

Question 4

cataclysm

Answer 4

an event that results in misfortune, any violent upheaval

Question 5

catacomb

Answer 5

an underground cemetery

Question 6

cat’s paw

Answer 6

a person used to serve another, tool

Question 7

cavalcade

Answer 7

a procession of people riding horses or carriages

Question 8

cavalier

Answer 8

haughtily disregard to others, a horseman or knight

Question 9

cavernous

Answer 9

resembling a cavern

Question 10

cede

Answer 10

formally surrender to another, yield

Question 11

celerity

Answer 11

very fast, rapid in speed

Question 12

cellulite

Answer 12

fat deposits in the thigh

Question 13

cerulean

Answer 13

a light blue color

Question 14

chapfallen

Answer 14

low in spirits

Question 15

chauvinism

Answer 15

fanatical patriotism

Question 16

chic

Answer 16

fashionable, stylish

Question 17

chivalrous

Answer 17

loyalty and consideration to women

Question 18

chortle

Answer 18

to chuckle or laugh softly

Question 19

churlish

Answer 19

boorish, rude, unmannerly

Question 20

cipher

Answer 20

a message that is written in a secret code

Question 21

circumvent

Answer 21

to try to avoid, to surround or encompass

Question 22

clairvoyance

Answer 22

the power to see things that are not present to the senses

Question 23

clandestine

Answer 23

done with secrecy or concealment

Question 24

cleave

Answer 24

to stick or adhere, to cut

Question 25

clientele

Answer 25

a group or body of clients

Question 26

cloistered

Answer 26

secluded from the world

Question 27

cloud nine

Answer 27

state of extreme happiness

Question 28

coalition

Answer 28

a combination or state of a union

Question 29

codger

Answer 29

an eccentric or old man

Question 30

coeval

Answer 30

of the same time period