NSF nationals vocabulary 27 Flashcards by Awesome Cool | Brainscape

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Tender

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Easy to cut or chew, soft

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Tenacity

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Persistent determination or sticky

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Tenure

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The time of holding a property or a possession

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Tepid

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Moderately warm or showing little interest

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Terra firma

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A part of the solid earth’s surface

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Testy

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Easily annoyed or irritated

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Terse

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Brief and to the point in writing or speech

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Thatch

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A house or roof made with a plant material

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Thrall

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A person held in bondage, a slave

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Timbre

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The distinctive properties of a sound

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Tinge

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To impart a slight degree of color to

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Titanic

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Having immense power or force, a vessel

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Topiary

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A plant trimmed in decorative shapes

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Topical

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Pertaining to matters of current time

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Torpor

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A state of motor or mental inactivity

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Totem

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A symbol serving as a emblem for a family or a clan

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Touché

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A acknowledgement to someone’s remark

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Tout

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To solicit or advertise business

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Towhead

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Person with light blonde hair

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Tractable

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A person easily managed

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Traipse

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To walk around with no goal

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Transitory

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Not lasting or eternal

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Transmogrify

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To change the appearance or form of

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Trice

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A very short time, haul with a rope

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Trifling

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Little importance, or delaying work

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Trough

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A boxlike shape for feeding animals

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Truant

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Absent from school without permission

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Tumid

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Swelling or bulging

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Turista

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Traveler’s diarrhea

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Turpitude

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A vile or depraved act

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Tussle

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To fight or wrestled vigorously

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Uncanny

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Surpassing the normal or ordinary

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Undefiled

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Free from stain or blemish

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Undergird

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To strengthen and secure underneath

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Unfettered

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Not bound by shackles or chains

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Ungainliness

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Not graceful, very awkward and clumsy

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Unheralded

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Without warning or announcement

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Unprepossessing

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Creating a unfavorable impression

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Unpretentious

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Not an ostentatious display, restrained good taste

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Unscathed

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Unharmed

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Untenable

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Incapable of being defended or justified

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Untoward

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Not favorable or proper

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Vamoose

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To leave suddenly

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Van

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A transportation vehicle with cargo space

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Vascular

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Pertaining to vessels

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Venhemence

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The quality of having ardor or fever

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Venality

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Open to bribery or corruption

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Vendetta

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A feud between two families

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Veneration

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The willingness to serve god