NSF nationals vocabulary X24

Question 1

tabloid

Answer 1

a newspaper with half-sized pages

Question 2

tacit

Answer 2

silent, saying nothing

Question 3

tai chi

Answer 3

a Chinese system of exercise for relaxation, balance, and health

Question 4

tank

Answer 4

a combat vehicle, a container for holding gas or oil

Question 5

taper

Answer 5

to become smaller or thinner toward one end

Question 6

taproot

Answer 6

something that provides a source for growth

Question 7

tauten

Answer 7

to become strained, or tidy

Question 8

taxonomy

Answer 8

practice of classifying plants and animals

Question 9

teenie

Answer 9

a sixteenth

Question 10

telegenic

Answer 10

having physical qualities that televise well

Question 11

temerity

Answer 11

fearlessly daring

Question 12

tendril

Answer 12

stemlike structure plants that attach themselves to an object for support

Question 13

tenure

Answer 13

the holding of property

Question 14

Terra firma

Answer 14

reddish brownish hard clay

Question 15

testator

Answer 15

a person who makes a will

Question 16

testily

Answer 16

irritably impatient, touchy

Question 17

thatch

Answer 17

a house roof made with plant material

Question 18

theorem

Answer 18

an idea accepted as a general truth

Question 19

throe

Answer 19

a spasm of pain, a pang

Question 20

tilt at windmills

Answer 20

chasing a imaginary enemy