NSF nationals vocabulary 22

Question 1

pliable

Answer 1

easily bent, or flexible

Question 2

plumage

Answer 2

feathery covering of a bird

Question 3

plumb

Answer 3

exactly vertical, measure the depth

Question 4

pluralism

Answer 4

a theory that there is more than one basic benefice or theorem

Question 5

poignant

Answer 5

keenly distressing to the mind or feelings

Question 6

poltergeist

Answer 6

a type of ghost that makes rapping sounds and noises

Question 7

polygamy

Answer 7

having more than one spouse

Question 8

polyunsaturated

Answer 8

fats with long carbon chains and double bonds

Question 9

portent

Answer 9

a sign of something that is about to happen

Question 10

portentous

Answer 10

of momentous significance, amazing

Question 11

posh

Answer 11

elegance and fashionable

Question 12

potable

Answer 12

suitable for drinking

Question 13

potsherd

Answer 13

a broken piece of pottery

Question 14

pragmatic

Answer 14

concerning practical points of view

Question 15

prate

Answer 15

to talk excessively and foolishly

Question 16

preclude

Answer 16

to prevent from happening, to make impossible from the start

Question 17

predation

Answer 17

the act of preying by a predator

Question 18

preempt

Answer 18

to occupy land prior to buying, a very high bid

Question 19

preen

Answer 19

to trim or dress carefully or smartly

Question 20

prefatory

Answer 20

serving as a introduction

Question 21

preponderance

Answer 21

superiority in weight or power

Question 22

preposterous

Answer 22

utterly foolish or senseless

Question 23

prescient

Answer 23

perceiving the importance of a event before it happens

Question 24

preternatural

Answer 24

outside the ordinary or supernatural

Question 25

prima facie

Answer 25

at first appearance

Question 26

primogeniture

Answer 26

being the first-born child of the same parents

Question 27

pristine

Answer 27

clean and immaculate, unused

Question 28

procastinate

Answer 28

to predict or postpone something

Question 29

prodigal

Answer 29

recklessly extravagant and wasteful

Question 30

profligacy

Answer 30

recklessly extravagant

Question 31

prognosis

Answer 31

a prediction of the course of a disease

Question 32

promiscous

Answer 32

casual or irregular

Question 33

propitiate

Answer 33

to make peace with or pacify

Question 34

propitious

Answer 34

presenting favorable circumstances

Question 35

proscription

Answer 35

rejection by banishing or exile

Question 36

prospectus

Answer 36

a written offer to sell securities

Question 37

protege

Answer 37

a person under patronage or protection

Question 38

provocateur

Answer 38

a person who provokes trouble

Question 39

prudery

Answer 39

excessive modesty

Question 40

physcobabble

Answer 40

a language with physiological terminology

Question 41

phycosomatic

Answer 41

a physical disorder from emotional factors

Question 42

pugnacious

Answer 42

inclined to fight readily

Question 43

pulsate

Answer 43

to throb rhythmically

Question 44

purloin

Answer 44

to dishonestly take

Question 45

purple patch

Answer 45

a time of success or victory

Question 46

purview

Answer 46

the range of operation, authority or understanding

Question 47

pussyfoot

Answer 47

to move in a stealthy manner

Question 48

putrefy

Answer 48

to rot or decay with a bad smell

Question 49

pyrotechnics

Answer 49

the art of making fireworks

Question 50

Pyrrhic victory

Answer 50

a goal achieved at too great of a cost