NSF regionals vocabulary d7

Question 1

Citadel

Answer 1

A fortress that commands a city

Question 2

Class action

Answer 2

A legal proceeding in which persons represent
interests common to a large group
participating as a representatives of the class

Question 3

Cleave

Answer 3

To adhere closely, or to split or divide

Question 4

Climatic

Answer 4

Pertaining to a climax (which means

important or intense)

Question 5

Clique

Answer 5

A small exclusive group of people

Question 6

Cloud nine

Answer 6

State of perfect happiness

Question 7

Clout

Answer 7

A blow with the hand

Question 8

Clutch

Answer 8

To seize or grab onto

Question 9

Cocksure

Answer 9

Perfectly sure of certain maybe even

overconfident

Question 10

Coin

Answer 10

A stamped piece of material worth a certain

amount

Question 11

Collage

Answer 11

A work of art by pasting scraps of paper on a

surface

Question 12

Collateral

Answer 12

Accompanying, additional, security pledged

for a payment or loan

Question 13

Colloquy

Answer 13

A conversational exchange

Question 14

Comatose

Answer 14

Affected with a coma, lacking alertness or

energy

Question 15

Commandeer

Answer 15

To order of force into military, to seize into the

military

Question 16

Commingle

Answer 16

To mix together, combine

Question 17

Commiserate

Answer 17

To express sorrow or misery for

Question 18

Commodious

Answer 18

Spacious and convenient, very roomy

Question 19

Commutation

Answer 19

The act of substituting one thing for another

Question 20

Compass

Answer 20

An instrument for determining directions

Question 21

Complacent

Answer 21

Pleased especially with ones merits

Question 22

Complement

Answer 22

Something that completes an object, to flatter

Question 23

Complicity

Answer 23

Partnership or involvement in crime

Question 24

Conciliate

Answer 24

To overcome the distrust or hostility of, to win or gain

Question 25

Concise

Answer 25

Covering much in few words

Question 26

Conclave

Answer 26

A private or secret meeting

Question 27

Concordant

Answer 27

Agreeing or harmonious

Question 28

Concurrent

Answer 28

Occurring or existing simultaneously,

something joint

Question 29

Condescending

Answer 29

To behave as one is conscious descending

from a superior position

Question 30

Conduit

Answer 30

A pipe or tube for conveying fluid or water