NSF nationals vocabulary 27 Flashcards by Awesome Cool

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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

Trifling

Little importance, or delaying work

Trough

A boxlike shape for feeding animals

Truant

Absent from school without permission

Tumid

Swelling or bulging

Turista

Traveler's diarrhea

Turpitude

A vile or depraved act

Tussle

To fight or wrestled vigorously

Uncanny

Surpassing the normal or ordinary

Undefiled

Free from stain or blemish

Undergird

To strengthen and secure underneath

Unfettered

Not bound by shackles or chains

Ungainliness

Not graceful, very awkward and clumsy

Unheralded

Without warning or announcement

Unprepossessing

Creating a unfavorable impression

Unpretentious

Not an ostentatious display, restrained good taste

Unscathed

Unharmed

Untenable

Incapable of being defended or justified

Untoward

Not favorable or proper

Vamoose

To leave suddenly

Van

A transportation vehicle with cargo space

Vascular

Pertaining to vessels

Venhemence

The quality of having ardor or fever

Venality

Open to bribery or corruption

Vendetta

A feud between two families

Veneration

The willingness to serve god