NSF regionals vocabulary 39

Question 1

trip

Answer 1

a journey or voyage, to stumble

Question 2

trounce

Answer 2

to beat severely, thrash

Question 3

truncated

Answer 3

to cut short in duration

Question 4

tumult

Answer 4

violent or noisy crowd

Question 5

twain

Answer 5

two items that are the same

Question 6

tweak

Answer 6

to adjust, to pinch or squeeze

Question 7

tycoon

Answer 7

a wealthy and powerful businessmen

Question 8

tyro

Answer 8

a novice or beginner

Question 9

ulterior

Answer 9

being beyond what is seen

Question 10

unalienable

Answer 10

incapable to being transferred to another

Question 11

unbridled

Answer 11

not restrained or controlled

Question 12

uncouth

Answer 12

awkward and clumsy, strange, unusual

Question 13

unequivocal

Answer 13

clearly defined

Question 14

unicameral

Answer 14

composed of one legislative body

Question 15

unilateralist

Answer 15

tracing descent from the paternal or maternal line only

Question 16

unkempt

Answer 16

disheveled, not combed

Question 17

unregenerate

Answer 17

not renewed in spirit or heart

Question 18

unrequited

Answer 18

not returned

Question 19

unsullied

Answer 19

not soiled or tarnished

Question 20

urbanity

Answer 20

the quality or character of life in a city or town

Question 21

usurious

Answer 21

greatly exceeding bounds of reason

Question 22

usurp

Answer 22

to seize without authority

Question 23

usury

Answer 23

lending money at a exorbitant interest

Question 24

UV index

Answer 24

a scale from 1 to 11 of the intensity of ultraviolet rays coming from the sun

Question 25

vacillate

Answer 25

to sway, waver in mind or opinion