NSF nationals vocabulary V7

Question 1

crux

Answer 1

a pivotal point or a perplexing question

Question 2

cryptic

Answer 2

mysterious in meaning or ciphered

Question 3

cryptography

Answer 3

the study or sciences of secret writing or code

Question 4

cull

Answer 4

to choose, select or pick

Question 5

cultivar

Answer 5

a variety of plants that originated under or persisted under cultivation

Question 6

cupidity

Answer 6

eager or excessive desire

Question 7

cut and run

Answer 7

to open up and incise, with a sharp instrument

Question 8

cybernetics

Answer 8

the study of human control and mechanical device used to replace them

Question 9

cyclopean

Answer 9

of or the characteristics of a cyclops, massive

Question 10

cynosure

Answer 10

something that strongly attracts

Question 11

dale

Answer 11

a valley especially a broad one

Question 12

dalliance

Answer 12

trifling away of time, amorous toying, flirtation

Question 13

dank

Answer 13

unpleasantly moist or humid

Question 14

dapple

Answer 14

a spot or mottled marking

Question 15

daub

Answer 15

to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter

Question 16

de facto

Answer 16

in fact or reality

Question 17

deadhead

Answer 17

a person who boards or attends without tickets, a empty commercial vehicle, stupid

Question 18

debase

Answer 18

to reduce in quality or value

Question 19

decadent

Answer 19

the act of decaying

Question 20

decamp

Answer 20

to depart quickly from a campground, to depart secretly or quickly

Question 21

decelerate

Answer 21

to decrease the velocity of

Question 22

decimate

Answer 22

to destroy a great proportion or great number of, to kill by the tens

Question 23

declivity

Answer 23

to downward slope

Question 24

defect

Answer 24

a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection

Question 25

defer

Answer 25

to put off for a future

Question 26

deference

Answer 26

respect or esteem to an elder

Question 27

derferential

Answer 27

showing or expressing deference

Question 28

deferment

Answer 28

the act of deferring

Question 29

delta

Answer 29

the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet

Question 30

delve

Answer 30

to dig with a spade

Question 31

demarcate

Answer 31

to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits to

Question 32

demerit

Answer 32

a mark against a person for misbehaving

Question 33

demure

Answer 33

characterized by shyness or modesty

Question 34

deplore

Answer 34

to regret deeply or disapprove

Question 35

depreciate

Answer 35

to lessen the value of; lower the price

Question 36

derisory

Answer 36

mocking; contemptuous

Question 37

despondence

Answer 37

depression of spirits from loss of courage

Question 38

destitution

Answer 38

utter poverty

Question 39

detention

Answer 39

the state of being detained or held in captivity

Question 40

devolution

Answer 40

the passing on to a successor