NSF nationals vocabulary 24

Question 0

Requite

Answer 0

To repay or return for

Question 1

Reproof

Answer 1

The act of expressing rebuke or censure

Question 2

Resilient

Answer 2

To spring back or rebound from an illness or depression

Question 3

Respondent

Answer 3

Someone who responds or replies, answering

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Restitution

Answer 4

The act of restoring or recompensing for something lost

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Resurgent

Answer 5

Rising again with new vigor or life

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Retort

Answer 6

A vessel that is used for decomposing materials by heat, a witty reply

Question 7

Retractile

Answer 7

Capable of being retracted or brought back

Question 8

Retrench

Answer 8

To cut down of make a reduction

Question 9

Retroactive

Answer 9

An event or process that has an effect on events that have occurred previously

Question 10

Rhapsody

Answer 10

A epic poem for recitation

Question 11

Revisionist

Answer 11

a person who re-examines

Question 12

Riffraff

Answer 12

A group of people or class that is regarded as worthless, trash

Question 13

Rile

Answer 13

To irritate or vex, make turbid by stirring

Question 14

Riptide

Answer 14

A type of tide that opposes other tides creating a disturbance

Question 15

Roster

Answer 15

A list of names

Question 16

Rotund

Answer 16

Having a spherical shape, plump

Question 17

Rubella

Answer 17

A contagious viral disease by fever

Question 18

Ruddy

Answer 18

Having a reddish color

Question 19

Rueful

Answer 19

Expressing or showing sorrow or pain

Question 20

Rudimentary

Answer 20

Not fully developed, primitive, reddish

Question 21

Ruminant

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A hoofed animal that chews cud and has 3-4 stomachs

Question 22

Ruminate

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To chew cud, think deeply about something

Question 23

Rune

Answer 23

A character from a ancient Greek alphabet

Question 24

Russet

Answer 24

A reddish brown

Question 25

Russophobe

Answer 25

A person who hates or fears Russians

Question 26

Rut

Answer 26

A furrow, track or groove

Question 27

Sabbatical

Answer 27

A leave taken every 7 years

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Saccharine

Answer 28

Very sweet

Question 29

Sacrilegious

Answer 29

The violation of anything religious

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Sacrosanct

Answer 30

Extremely sacred

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Sagacious

Answer 31

Skillful and wise

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Sally

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A clever or witty remark

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Salutary

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Promoting good health well-being

Question 34

Sanctimonious

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Hypocritically pious

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Sanction

Answer 35

Authoritative permission for a action

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Sanctum

Answer 36

A sacred or holy place

Question 37

Sang-froid

Answer 37

Coolness under pressure

Question 38

Sarong

Answer 38

A loose skirt worn in the southern pacific