NSF regionals vocabulary 19

Question 1

forage

Answer 1

food for horses and cattle

Question 2

forbear

Answer 2

to refrain or abstain

Question 3

fore

Answer 3

situated toward the front

Question 4

forensic

Answer 4

connected or related to, used in public discussion

Question 5

forge

Answer 5

to form by heating or hammering into shape

Question 6

formidable

Answer 6

inspiring fear, or dread

Question 7

foster

Answer 7

to promote the growth of, nourish

Question 8

franglais

Answer 8

a mixture of french with English words

Question 9

friable

Answer 9

easily crumbled or reduced to powder

Question 10

frugal

Answer 10

avoiding waste

Question 11

fume

Answer 11

a cloud of fine particles of an odorous or harmful nature

Question 12

funk

Answer 12

afraid, terror, stench

Question 13

furor

Answer 13

fury, sudden outburst

Question 14

furtive

Answer 14

sly, stealthy

Question 15

futon

Answer 15

a thin mattress filled with cotton for sleeping

Question 16

gadfly

Answer 16

annoying person, a fly that bite domestic animals

Question 17

gamut

Answer 17

a range of extent

Question 18

gape

Answer 18

to stare in awe

Question 19

garble

Answer 19

to make false by addition, to confuse or jumble

Question 20

garish

Answer 20

tastelessly showy

Question 21

gawky

Answer 21

lacking grace in movement or posture

Question 22

geologist

Answer 22

a specialist in geology

Question 23

geopolitical

Answer 23

the study of the influence of politics and economic geography

Question 24

gestation

Answer 24

the development of an idea

Question 25

gibbet

Answer 25

an execution instrument