NSF regionals vocabulary 29

Question 1

palpitate

Answer 1

to beat rapidly, throb

Question 2

panacea

Answer 2

a cure-all, remedy

Question 3

pang

Answer 3

a sudden pain or spasm of pain

Question 4

papier mache

Answer 4

a substance made from pulped paper

Question 5

paramilitary

Answer 5

a organization used to supplement a military unit

Question 6

paraphernalia

Answer 6

personal belongings, equipment

Question 7

parity

Answer 7

equality

Question 8

parlance

Answer 8

a manner of speaking, speech

Question 9

parry

Answer 9

to ward off, to fend, evade

Question 10

parsimony

Answer 10

extreme care in spending money, stinginess

Question 11

pastoral

Answer 11

pertaining to country life

Question 12

patent

Answer 12

a exclusive right granted by the government to manufacture a invention for a certain amount of years

Question 13

pedestrian

Answer 13

lacking wit, a person who travels by foot

Question 14

penal

Answer 14

involving punishment

Question 15

pendant

Answer 15

a hanging ornament, usually from the ceiling

Question 16

pent

Answer 16

closely confined

Question 17

penury

Answer 17

extreme poverty, scarcity

Question 18

peon

Answer 18

a unskilled laborer

Question 19

per se

Answer 19

intrinsically, inside

Question 20

perjure

Answer 20

to knowingly tell an untruth in a court of law

Question 21

perjury

Answer 21

to give a false statement under oath

Question 22

phototropism

Answer 22

an orienting response to light

Question 23

piety

Answer 23

the state of being pious, reverence to god

Question 24

pinioned

Answer 24

bound fast, arms restraint

Question 25

pithy

Answer 25

concise and full of meaning