NSF regionals vocabulary d1

Question 1

Abase

Answer 1

To lower, bring down in rank

Question 2

Abash

Answer 2

To destroy the self confidence of; to

embarrass

Question 3

Abate

Answer 3

To reduce the amount, intensity, or degree of

something

Question 4

Aberration

Answer 4

The act of departing from the usual course,

deviation from the truth

Question 5

Abide

Answer 5

To remain, continue or stay with

Question 6

Abiding

Answer 6

To continue without change; steadfast;

enduring

Question 7

Abominable

Answer 7

Repugnantly hateful, very unpleasant,

loathsome

Question 8

Abrasive

Answer 8

Any substance used for grinding, polishing, or

tending to cause ill will

Question 9

Abrogate

Answer 9

To abolish by formal means, to put aside, or

put an end to, shun

Question 10

Abscond

Answer 10

To depart in a sudden or secret manner,

especially to avoid capture or legal prosecution

Question 11

Absolve

Answer 11

To free from guilt or blame, to set free

Question 12

Abstain

Answer 12

To refrain from an action

Question 13

Abstemious

Answer 13

Sparing food or drink

Question 14

Abstruse

Answer 14

Hard to understand or penetrate

Question 15

Abut

Answer 15

To be adjacent; to touch or join at the edge

Question 16

Accentuate

Answer 16

To give emphasis or prominence to, to

pronounce with an accent

Question 17

Accessory

Answer 17

A subordinate or supplementary part for the convenience

Question 18

Acidulous

Answer 18

Slightly sour

Question 19

Acme

Answer 19

The highest peak; summit

Question 20

Acrid

Answer 20

Sharp or biting to the taste or smell, bitterly pungent

Question 21

Actuate

Answer 21

To put into action

Question 22

Acupuncture

Answer 22

A Chinese medical practice that treats illness

Question 23

Ad hoc

Answer 23

Dealing with a specific subject

Question 24

Addle

Answer 24

To make or become confused or rotten

Question 25

Adulatory

Answer 25

To show excessive admiration or favor

Question 26

Agape

Answer 26

With the mouth wide open in surprise, or brotherly love

Question 27

Agglomeration

Answer 27

A jumble or cluster of stuff, a hodgepodge

Question 28

Aggregate

Answer 28

To bring together as a cluster, kind of like a agglomeration

Question 29

Agronomist

Answer 29

Specialist in growing crops

Question 30

Albatross

Answer 30

Any of the several large footed sea birds, a plain-weave cotton fabric