NSF nationals vocabulary 10

Question 1

declaim

Answer 1

to make a formal speech, elocution

Question 2

deconstructed

Answer 2

to disassemble or dismantle

Question 3

decrepit

Answer 3

weakened by old age, worn out

Question 4

default

Answer 4

failure to meet obligations, a option that is set until alternative option is picked

Question 5

defector

Answer 5

a person that abandons their duty

Question 6

defer

Answer 6

to put off for a later time

Question 7

deferential

Answer 7

showing deference or respect

Question 8

deft

Answer 8

dexterous, skillful

Question 9

deign

Answer 9

do something below one’s dignity

Question 10

deleterious

Answer 10

harmful to health, injurious

Question 11

delineate

Answer 11

to trace the outline of

Question 12

delta

Answer 12

the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet

Question 13

demeanor

Answer 13

behavior toward other people

Question 14

deprecate

Answer 14

express strong disapproval

Question 15

derogatory

Answer 15

a disparaging remark

Question 16

desecrate

Answer 16

to divert from a sacred to a profane use

Question 17

desist

Answer 17

to cease from an action

Question 18

diamond

Answer 18

a precious stone, a baseball field

Question 19

diatribe

Answer 19

a bitter verbal attack

Question 20

dicker

Answer 20

to deal, or trade, barter

Question 21

dictum

Answer 21

an authoritative declaration

Question 22

didactic

Answer 22

inclined to lecture people too much

Question 23

die

Answer 23

a cube with numbers on it, to end life

Question 24

digerati

Answer 24

people skilled with digital technologies

Question 25

dillydally

Answer 25

to waste or trifle time, to postpone

Question 26

dinghy

Answer 26

an inflatable life raft

Question 27

disabuse

Answer 27

to free a person from error

Question 28

discomfit

Answer 28

to confuse and deject

Question 29

disenfranchise

Answer 29

deprive of voting rights

Question 30

disingenuous

Answer 30

not straightforward or frank