NSF nationals vocabulary 23 Flashcards
Quail
A small gallinaceous game bird
Quarry
An animal hunted or caught for food
Quasi
Having a resemblance or similar
Quay
A wharf parallel to the shoreline
Quell
To suppress or overcome
Querulous
Complaining or full of complaints
Quibble
To argue over petty things
Quid pro quo
Something in return for another, trade
Quidnunc
A person who interferes in someone’s business
Quintile
Having five equal proportions or 72 degrees
Quisling
Someone who betrays their country to help a invading force
Rack
A bar on a shelf to hold objects
Raillery
Good-humored ridicule
Raiment
Decorative clothing or attire
Rakish
Smart looking or jaunty, like a rake
Rampart
A mound of earth that is used as a defensive structure
Rank
A social position or standing
Rapt
Feeling great enlightenment or rapture
Recalcitrant
Marked by resistance or disobedience to authority
Reciprocate
To give or return
Recapitulate
To review by a brief summary at the end of a presentation
Recognizance
A security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law
Reconnaissance
A search for useful military information on the ground
Redux
To bring back
Red-eye
the act of having bloodshot eyes from an overnight flights
Referendum
a legislative act referred to the electorate for a popular vote
Refulgent
Shining bright or radiating
Regale
To entertain with food or drink, delight
Regalia
Indicative of royalty, like decoration or clothes
Regnant
To exercise authority or power
Reign
Ruling authority or monarchy
Remunerate
To pay for or compensate
Repair
To make amends for, fix
Repast
A meal eaten at a time
Repertory
A storehouse where stock is kept
Repose
The state of being at rest, peace
Repository
A place where things are stored, burial place
Reprehensible
Deserving censure or rebuke
Reprimand
To censure or rebuke
