NSF nationals vocabulary 13

Question 1

eschew

Answer 1

to avoid or shun deliberately

Question 2

escrow

Answer 2

a written agreement delivered to a third party

Question 3

esoteric

Answer 3

understood by only a few, secret

Question 4

especial

Answer 4

surpassing what is common or regular

Question 5

estrangement

Answer 5

to feel alienated from other people, keep at a distance

Question 6

ethos

Answer 6

the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era

Question 7

etude

Answer 7

a musical composition that is intended for practice

Question 8

eulogy

Answer 8

a formal expression for a person who has died recently

Question 9

evangelist

Answer 9

a preacher of the Christian gospel

Question 10

evolution

Answer 10

a process of growth, development

Question 11

ex cathedra

Answer 11

with full authority from the office

Question 12

exacerbate

Answer 12

to increase the violence, or bitterness of, make worse

Question 13

exalt

Answer 13

to raise in rank, honor or praise

Question 14

excavate

Answer 14

to make hollow by removing the inner part, to dig out

Question 15

excise tax

Answer 15

a tax that is measured by amount of business

Question 16

excruciating

Answer 16

extremely painful

Question 17

exculpatory

Answer 17

clearing of guilt or blame

Question 18

excursion

Answer 18

a journey taken for pleasure

Question 19

exorcise

Answer 19

to seek to expel during prayers

Question 20

expatiate

Answer 20

clarify the meaning of in a learned way

Question 21

expatriate

Answer 21

to expel from a country or move away from a country

Question 22

expiate

Answer 22

to make amends for

Question 23

explicate

Answer 23

to make plain and comprehensible, elaborate

Question 24

expunge

Answer 24

to efface, rub out or erase

Question 25

extant

Answer 25

in existence, still existing

Question 26

extemporaneous

Answer 26

done with little or no preparation

Question 27

extrude

Answer 27

to form or shape by forcing through a opening

Question 28

façade

Answer 28

the front of a building

Question 29

facetious

Answer 29

amusing, humorous, not meant to be serious

Question 30

facile

Answer 30

done with ease and without effort