NSF regionals vocabulary e11 Flashcards
Disingenuous
Lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity
Disseminate
To scatter or spread widely, broadcast
Distraught
Distracted, deeply agitated, mentally crazed
Divest
To strip or deprive of, flimflam
Divulge
To disclose or reveal
Docile
Easily managed or handled, readily traught
Dogged
Persistent in effort, confounded
Doldrums
A state of inactivity or stagnation
Dolefully
Mournful, sorrowful
Domain
A field of action, a territory with one
government and ruler
Doppler effect
A shift in frequency
Dowdy
Old fashioned, not neat, untidy
Down
Toward the ground, low
Drogue
A bucket or canvas used for an anchor, a
parachute
Drone
The male of a honeybee, to make dull, a type
of robot
Due process
The regular administration of the law that no one may be denied by their rights
Duplex
Having two parts
Dyslexia
A reading disorder
Dyspeptic
Pertaining to or suffering from dyspepsia
Dystopia
A character created by human misery
Earthy
Pertaining to the earth, consisting of earth
Ebb
To flow back or fade away
Ebullient
Overflowing with fervor, excitement, and enthusiasm
Ecology
The branch of biology dealing with the
relations and interactions between organisms
Ecosystem
A system formed by the interaction of a
community of organisms
Ecotourism
Tourism to places with unspoiled natural resources
Ecstatic
Characterized by rapturous delight
Efficacious
Capable of having the desirable effect
Eke
To increase or enlarge
