NSF nationals vocabulary V5

Question 1

cirrus

Answer 1

a cloud of white crystals and narrow bands with altitude of 7-8 miles

Question 2

clientele

Answer 2

a body of clients or customers

Question 3

clinch

Answer 3

to settle decisively, to fasten or grip

Question 4

cloven

Answer 4

pass tense of cleave, (to adhere closely)

Question 5

cobble

Answer 5

to mend or patch, to put together

Question 6

cocooning

Answer 6

the practice of spending leisure at home

Question 7

codify

Answer 7

to reduce to a code

Question 8

cog

Answer 8

a tooth of a gear

Question 9

cogitation

Answer 9

to reflect, or think about

Question 10

cognate

Answer 10

related by birth, of the parentage

Question 11

cognomen

Answer 11

a surname, or nickname

Question 12

cohesive

Answer 12

characterized by sticking together

Question 13

cold call

Answer 13

a visit or telephone call soliciting business

Question 14

cold front

Answer 14

the zone separating two air masses

Question 15

collate

Answer 15

to gather or arrange in proper sequence

Question 16

collation

Answer 16

a light meal, or the verification of a phone number

Question 17

collegial

Answer 17

marked by the power vested by collegue

Question 18

colloquium

Answer 18

a conference which scholars present papers

Question 19

Commmersurate

Answer 19

having the same measure

Question 20

comport

Answer 20

to bear or conduct, behave

Question 21

compunction

Answer 21

a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety

Question 22

concierge

Answer 22

a doorkeeper of a hotel or apartment

Question 23

concoct

Answer 23

to prepare by making raw materials

Question 24

confabulation

Answer 24

the act of conversation

Question 25

conflagaration

Answer 25

a destructive fire

Question 26

conflate

Answer 26

to fuse into one entity

Question 27

confound

Answer 27

to perplex or amaze

Question 28

confute

Answer 28

to prove to be false or invalid

Question 29

congeal

Answer 29

to change from soft liquid to rough solid, to curd

Question 30

congenial

Answer 30

agreeable, suitable in nature

Question 31

congruent

Answer 31

agreeing, harmonious, congrous

Question 32

connubial

Answer 32

a marriage or wedlock

Question 33

consecrate

Answer 33

to make or declare sacred

Question 34

conservatory

Answer 34

a greenhouse for growing plants

Question 35

constricted

Answer 35

to compress in, to shrink

Question 36

construe

Answer 36

to explain or interpret

Question 37

contentious

Answer 37

tending to argue

Question 38

contingent

Answer 38

liable to happen or not

Question 39

conveyance

Answer 39

the act of communication or transportation

Question 40

convocation

Answer 40

to call together