NSF regionals vocabulary 18

Question 1

fallible

Answer 1

likely to fail or make errors

Question 2

falsetto

Answer 2

a male singing in a artificially high voice

Question 3

familial

Answer 3

pertaining to the characteristics of a family

Question 4

farcical

Answer 4

extravagantly humorous, ludicrous

Question 5

fastidious

Answer 5

hard to please, demanding

Question 6

fatuous

Answer 6

foolish, inane, devoid of intelligence

Question 7

fauna

Answer 7

all the animal life in a particular region or area at a time

Question 8

fawning

Answer 8

attempting to win by flattery

Question 9

feign

Answer 9

to make believe, deceptive

Question 10

feisty

Answer 10

showing courage, full of energy, ill tempered

Question 11

felicitation

Answer 11

an expression of good wishes, congrats

Question 12

fell

Answer 12

to cut down, past tense of fall

Question 13

felon

Answer 13

someone who has committed a crime

Question 14

fend

Answer 14

to ward off, defend

Question 15

fervor

Answer 15

great warmth

Question 16

fetish

Answer 16

a irrational devotion to an activity

Question 17

figurine

Answer 17

a small carved or molded sculpture

Question 18

filial

Answer 18

of or benefiting a son or daughter

Question 19

fillet

Answer 19

a boneless cut of meat or fish, headband

Question 20

finicky

Answer 20

fussy, hard to please, picky

Question 21

fiscal

Answer 21

involving financial matters

Question 22

flashing

Answer 22

emitting light, pieces of sheets of metal used to cover joints

Question 23

flaunt

Answer 23

the act of displaying ostentatiously

Question 24

flexor

Answer 24

a muscle that flexes at a joint

Question 25

flextime

Answer 25

a system that lets you work at the time you want