NSF nationals vocabulary V1 Flashcards
A la mode
Fashionable, stylish
Topped with ice cream
A cappella
Without musical accompaniment
Abdicate
to relinquish, or renounce a throne
To discard
Abscess
a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
Abysmal
Like a abyss, deep down
Immensely hopeless or wretched
Abyss
Deep down, immeasurable space
Accolade
A ceremonial embrace
Acerbic
Sour in taste or mood
Acid test
A severe or crucial test
Acquiescence
Agreement without objection
Acquisitive
Tending or seeking to own, often greedily
Actuary
A person who calculates premium rates and tax
Adamantine
Unyielding or firm in attitude
Addled
To make or become confused or rotten
Adjunct
Joined, together, something added on to another
Ad-lib
To improvise a speech or part if it
Admonitory
Tending or serving to admonish or warn
Adulation
Servile flattery
Adventurism
defiance or disregard of accepted standards of behavior.
Advertent
Attentive, heedful
Affable
Easy to approach or friend
Aegis
The breastplate or shield of zues or athena
Agog
Highly excited by eagerness
Agoraphobia
Abnormal feel of being in the crowds
Alacrity
Prompt, cheerful readiness
altruistically
Dedicated to the welfare of others
Amalgamate
To combine substances
Ambivalence
State of uncertainty, or fluctuation
Ambulatory
Related to pedestrians or walking
Amity
Friendship, peaceful harmony
Amino acids
any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group
Amorphous
Without a clearly defined shape or form
Anachronistic
A error in chronology
Analgesic
A pain remover
Ancillary
Subordinate, subsidiary
Anomalous
Unusual, inconsistent with what is normal
Ante
A poker stake usually put up in advance
Anthropology
The study of humankind
Aerie
A large nest, a bird house
Antithesis
A person or thing that is the direct opposite of one another
