NSF regionals vocabulary f28 Flashcards

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Promulgate

A

To promote or make widely known

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Pronto

A

Promptly, quickly

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3
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Propensity

A

A inclination or natural tendency

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4
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Propinquity

A

Nearness in place, very close

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5
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Props

A

A object used in a play or dance

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6
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Prosaic

A

Commonplace, dull

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7
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Prostrate

A

Lying stretched out on the ground

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8
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Providence

A

The foreseeing of god and guidance of god

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9
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Proxy

A

The authority of representing someone else

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10
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Puckish

A

Playful in a mischievous way

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11
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Purchase

A

To buy with a form of money

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12
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Purple patch

A

A run of success or good luck

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13
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Pyre

A

A heap of wood used for burning a corpse

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14
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Quagmire

A

A soft boggy area of land

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15
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Quaint

A

Attractively old fashioned or unusual

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16
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Quicksilver

A

The metallic element mercury

17
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Quintessence

A

The most pure essence of a substance, the

most perfect or typical example of a class

18
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Quintile

A

A aspect of 72 degrees a fifth of circle, five

19
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Quirk

A

A peculiarity of action or behavior, weird

20
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Raft

A

A flat buoyant used for platform made of

rubber

21
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Rally

A

To bring into order again, to come together to

make an effort

22
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Ramble

A

To walk without a route

23
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Ramification

A

A related or derived subject, a branch

24
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Rampart

A

A broad elevation or a mound of earth raised

as fortification around a place

25
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Randy

A

Rude or aggressive

26
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Rank

A

A position in a class or place or a competition

27
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Rapt

A

Completely fascinated by what one is seeing

or hearing

28
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Ratchet

A

A toothed bar with which a pawl engages

29
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Reactionary

A

Opposing political or social liberalization

30
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Ream

A

A standard quantity of paper (500) sheets of

paper, a large quantity