NSF nationals vocabulary W15

Question 1

lien

Answer 1

the right to take one’s property if an obligation is not discharged

Question 2

limbo

Answer 2

the state of being forgotten, the place of unbaptized but innocent and righteous souls

Question 3

literati

Answer 3

people of scholarly or literary attainments

Question 4

litter

Answer 4

rubbish carelessly thrown at the ground, the offspring of a multiparous mammal

Question 5

loath

Answer 5

unwilling, reluctant

Question 6

locale

Answer 6

the scene of any action or event

Question 7

lodestar

Answer 7

a star that leads the way or serves as a guide

Question 8

lodestone

Answer 8

a permanent magnet that consist of magnetite

Question 9

loquacious

Answer 9

full of trivial conversation

Question 10

lucre

Answer 10

money, informal terms of money

Question 11

Machiavellian

Answer 11

a follower of Machiavelli

Question 12

macrobiotics

Answer 12

the theory of promoting health and longetivity

Question 13

magisterial

Answer 13

of or benefiting a master or authoritative

Question 14

magistracy

Answer 14

a position of a magistrate

Question 15

mainstay

Answer 15

the forestay that braces the mainmast of a ship

Question 16

maladroit

Answer 16

not smart, not adroit

Question 17

malaise

Answer 17

a physical weakness

Question 18

malediction

Answer 18

the utterance of a curse

Question 19

malefactor

Answer 19

a person who commits a crime

Question 20

mandala

Answer 20

any of various geometric designs

Question 21

Manger

Answer 21

A container from which cattle or horses are fed

Question 22

Matriarch

Answer 22

The female head of a family

Question 23

matriculate

Answer 23

A person who has been admitted to a college

Question 24

matutinal

Answer 24

Occurring in the morning

Question 25

Maudlin

Answer 25

Insincerely or weakly emotional

Question 26

Mausoleum

Answer 26

A large burial chamber

Question 27

Megalopolis

Answer 27

A very large city

Question 28

Menage

Answer 28

A social unit living together

Question 29

meteoric

Answer 29

Like a meteor, in speed or light

Question 30

Meticulously

Answer 30

Caring about very small details, fussy

Question 31

mettle

Answer 31

The courage to carry on

Question 32

microcosm

Answer 32

A miniature model of something

Question 33

ministration

Answer 33

Assistance in time of difficulty

Question 34

Mire

Answer 34

A bog or wetland

Question 35

Misanthropic

Answer 35

Hating mankind in general

Question 36

Misogyny

Answer 36

Hatred of woman

Question 37

Mite

Answer 37

Any of the small arachnids that infests plant and animals

Question 38

Modality

Answer 38

a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment

Question 39

Modicum

Answer 39

A small amount token

Question 40

Mogul

Answer 40

A small bump on a ski slope, a businessman that is wealthy or powerful