NSF nationals vocabulary V2

Question 1

apartheid

Answer 1

a racial segregation

Question 2

aperture

Answer 2

a slit, crevice, or crack

Question 3

aphrodisiac

Answer 3

a agent that arouses sexual desire, something that excites

Question 4

apiary

Answer 4

a place where a colony of bees are kept

Question 5

apiculture

Answer 5

beekeeping, for raising commercial honey

Question 6

apogee

Answer 6

a high summit or peak

Question 7

apostle

Answer 7

one sent on a mission, a early follower of Jesus who sent Christian religion into the world

Question 8

applique

Answer 8

a cutout piece of decoration applied to a lager material for a ornament

Question 9

apprehensive

Answer 9

capable of understanding or fearful over a future event

Question 10

approbation

Answer 10

a assumption

Question 11

aquifer

Answer 11

a geogical formation for conducting water underground

Question 12

arable

Answer 12

capable of growing crops

Question 13

arbitrary

Answer 13

depending on a individual decision

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arcane

Answer 14

known by a few people, secret

Question 15

arraign

Answer 15

to accuse or charge in general

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arrogate

Answer 16

to claim or seize without justification

Question 17

ascendance

Answer 17

governing or controlling influence

Question 18

asinine

Answer 18

foolish, or stupid

Question 19

assiduously

Answer 19

constant, unremitting

Question 20

assimilate

Answer 20

to take in and incorporate as ones own, absorb

Question 21

asteroid

Answer 21

any small body that revolves around the sun usually lying between mars and Jupiter

Question 22

astringent

Answer 22

harshly biting, severe

Question 23

auburn

Answer 23

a brown red color

Question 24

authenticate

Answer 24

to make valid

Question 25

autistic

Answer 25

a mental disorder

Question 26

autocratic

Answer 26

pertaining to a government with unlimited power

Question 27

automaton

Answer 27

a human-like machine

Question 28

Avant-garde

Answer 28

the advanced group in a field

Question 29

aversion

Answer 29

a feeling of repugnance toward something, to shun

Question 30

avionics

Answer 30

electronics designed for use in aerospace vehicles

Question 31

azure

Answer 31

a blue color

Question 32

back-pedal

Answer 32

to retreat from a enemy

Question 33

baffling

Answer 33

to confuse, bewilder, or perplex

Question 34

bamboozle

Answer 34

to deceive, or trick

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bandy

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to trade, or give back and forth

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bauble

Answer 36

a showy ornament or trinket

Question 37

bedfellows

Answer 37

a person who shares a bed with another

Question 38

befuddled

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to daze, bewilder

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beguiling

Answer 39

to lead by deceiving

Question 40

behoove

Answer 40

to be necessary or proper for