NSF nationals vocabulary X21

Question 1

reprisal

Answer 1

retaliation against an enemy in wartime

Question 2

reproof

Answer 2

an act or expression of criticism and censure

Question 3

resusticate

Answer 3

to regain consciousness

Question 4

retract

Answer 4

to pull away

Question 5

retrench

Answer 5

to cut down or reduce

Question 6

rile

Answer 6

to irritate or vex

Question 7

rime

Answer 7

ice crystals forming a white deposit

Question 8

risque

Answer 8

daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety

Question 9

roil

Answer 9

turbid by stirring up sediment, or to irritate

Question 10

rollicking

Answer 10

carefree and joyous

Question 11

rope a dope

Answer 11

pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches

Question 12

roseate

Answer 12

having a dusty purplish pink color

Question 13

rotunda

Answer 13

a large circular zone

Question 14

rubicund

Answer 14

a healthy red color from outside

Question 15

rude

Answer 15

bad mannered, incorrect behavior

Question 16

rune

Answer 16

any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet

Question 17

ruse

Answer 17

a trick, or stratagem

Question 18

rut

Answer 18

a furrow or track in the ground

Question 19

sallow

Answer 19

unhealthy looking

Question 20

sanctimonious

Answer 20

excessively pious, holy, sacred

Question 21

sashay

Answer 21

to glide, move, or proceed easily

Question 22

sate

Answer 22

fill to satisfaction

Question 23

saturnine

Answer 23

bitter, or scornful

Question 24

savanna

Answer 24

a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical areas

Question 25

savant

Answer 25

a learned scholar

Question 26

saw

Answer 26

a tool for cutting wood, past tense of see

Question 27

scarf

Answer 27

to eat very quick, a garment worn around the neck

Question 28

scarp

Answer 28

line of cliffs formed by faulting or fracturing of earth’s crust

Question 29

scathing

Answer 29

marked by abusive criticism

Question 30

schema

Answer 30

a diagram, plan or scheme

Question 31

sconce

Answer 31

a candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall

Question 32

score

Answer 32

the act of marking a point or tally on a person or team

Question 33

scrabble

Answer 33

a board game, to scratch or scrape or dig

Question 34

scrim

Answer 34

a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for curtains

Question 35

scrub

Answer 35

to clean a surface by brushing it

Question 36

scrunch

Answer 36

to make wrinkles on a clean surface, crunch

Question 37

secretary

Answer 37

a assistant who does clerk work for a boss

Question 38

segue

Answer 38

a smooth transition from topic to another

Question 39

seismism

Answer 39

the natural activity or group of phenomena associated with earthquakes

Question 40

sententious

Answer 40

concise and full of meaning