NSF nationals vocabulary 23

Question 0

Quail

Answer 0

A small gallinaceous game bird

Question 1

Quarry

Answer 1

An animal hunted or caught for food

Question 2

Quasi

Answer 2

Having a resemblance or similar

Question 3

Quay

Answer 3

A wharf parallel to the shoreline

Question 4

Quell

Answer 4

To suppress or overcome

Question 5

Querulous

Answer 5

Complaining or full of complaints

Question 6

Quibble

Answer 6

To argue over petty things

Question 7

Quid pro quo

Answer 7

Something in return for another, trade

Question 8

Quidnunc

Answer 8

A person who interferes in someone’s business

Question 9

Quintile

Answer 9

Having five equal proportions or 72 degrees

Question 10

Quisling

Answer 10

Someone who betrays their country to help a invading force

Question 11

Rack

Answer 11

A bar on a shelf to hold objects

Question 12

Raillery

Answer 12

Good-humored ridicule

Question 13

Raiment

Answer 13

Decorative clothing or attire

Question 14

Rakish

Answer 14

Smart looking or jaunty, like a rake

Question 15

Rampart

Answer 15

A mound of earth that is used as a defensive structure

Question 16

Rank

Answer 16

A social position or standing

Question 17

Rapt

Answer 17

Feeling great enlightenment or rapture

Question 18

Recalcitrant

Answer 18

Marked by resistance or disobedience to authority

Question 19

Reciprocate

Answer 19

To give or return

Question 20

Recapitulate

Answer 20

To review by a brief summary at the end of a presentation

Question 21

Recognizance

Answer 21

A security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law

Question 22

Reconnaissance

Answer 22

A search for useful military information on the ground

Question 23

Redux

Answer 23

To bring back

Question 24

Red-eye

Answer 24

the act of having bloodshot eyes from an overnight flights

Question 25

Referendum

Answer 25

a legislative act referred to the electorate for a popular vote

Question 26

Refulgent

Answer 26

Shining bright or radiating

Question 27

Regale

Answer 27

To entertain with food or drink, delight

Question 28

Regalia

Answer 28

Indicative of royalty, like decoration or clothes

Question 29

Regnant

Answer 29

To exercise authority or power

Question 30

Reign

Answer 30

Ruling authority or monarchy

Question 31

Remunerate

Answer 31

To pay for or compensate

Question 32

Repair

Answer 32

To make amends for, fix

Question 33

Repast

Answer 33

A meal eaten at a time

Question 34

Repertory

Answer 34

A storehouse where stock is kept

Question 35

Repose

Answer 35

The state of being at rest, peace

Question 36

Repository

Answer 36

A place where things are stored, burial place

Question 37

Reprehensible

Answer 37

Deserving censure or rebuke

Question 38

Reprimand

Answer 38

To censure or rebuke