NSF nationals vocabulary W10

Question 1

facade

Answer 1

the front of a building

Question 2

facet

Answer 2

one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gems

Question 3

facile

Answer 3

easily accomplished or done

Question 4

facsimile

Answer 4

an exact copy of a manuscript or document

Question 5

fail-safe

Answer 5

something designed to work automatically to prevent breakdown of a system

Question 6

fair catch

Answer 6

a catch of a kicked ball in football in which the receiver signals they will not advance

Question 7

fait accompli

Answer 7

an accomplished fact

Question 8

familial

Answer 8

pertaining to family

Question 9

farce

Answer 9

to stuff or cram, a humorous play

Question 10

farcical

Answer 10

same thing as farce

Question 11

fascia

Answer 11

a band or fillet for binding the hair

Question 12

fashionista

Answer 12

a fashionable person

Question 13

fatuous

Answer 13

foolish or inane

Question 14

faux

Answer 14

artificial or imitation; fake

Question 15

fawning

Answer 15

to show affection

Question 16

feint

Answer 16

a deceptive action

Question 17

felicitous

Answer 17

very well suited or expressed

Question 18

felicity

Answer 18

the state of being happy, pleasing in manner or style

Question 19

feral

Answer 19

existing in natural state, wild and menacing

Question 20

fetid

Answer 20

stinky; offensively smelly

Question 21

filch

Answer 21

to steal or make off with

Question 22

finagle

Answer 22

to cheat out of, trick, or swindle

Question 23

flag

Answer 23

a cloth used to represent a group, state, or country

Question 24

flashing

Answer 24

emitting vivid flashes of light

Question 25

flay

Answer 25

to strip of the skin off

Question 26

fleece

Answer 26

the coat of wool that covers a sheep

Question 27

flippantly

Answer 27

disrespectful, lacking in seriousness, rude

Question 28

florentine

Answer 28

having or pertaining to the characteristics of Florence, Italy

Question 29

flounce

Answer 29

to walk with exaggerated jerky movements

Question 30

flounder

Answer 30

to treat with disdain

Question 31

fly-by-night

Answer 31

not reliable or trust worthy

Question 32

fob off

Answer 32

to cheat or decieve

Question 33

foist

Answer 33

to force onto another

Question 34

forage

Answer 34

to seek for food, animal food for cattle and grazing

Question 35

forbearance

Answer 35

to refrain from something

Question 36

fortuitous

Answer 36

happening by chance

Question 37

founder

Answer 37

a person who founds or establishes

Question 38

fractricide

Answer 38

the act of killing a sister or brother

Question 39

fray

Answer 39

a noisy fight

Question 40

frond

Answer 40

a often large, divided leaf

Question 41

fujita scale

Answer 41

a scale used to classify the severity of a tornado

Question 42

fungible

Answer 42

easily exchangeable or replaceable

Question 43

fungo

Answer 43

a high hit ball by the batter

Question 44

funk

Answer 44

a type of jazz, or to be frightened

Question 45

gable

Answer 45

the vertical triangle wall between two slopes of a roof

Question 46

gaggle

Answer 46

to cackle, a flock of geese

Question 47

gainsay

Answer 47

to speak against, oppose

Question 48

galvanize

Answer 48

to stimulate or treat

Question 49

gambit

Answer 49

a chess move where a player sacrifices a piece to get an advantage

Question 50

gamut

Answer 50

an entire scale or range

Question 51

gantry

Answer 51

a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something

Question 52

garish

Answer 52

tastelessly showy

Question 53

gasket

Answer 53

a metal, rubber, or rope ring

Question 54

gastronomic

Answer 54

the art or science of good eating

Question 55

gawk

Answer 55

to stare at awkwardly

Question 56

gazebo

Answer 56

a small roofed building affording shade and rest

Question 57

gentrification

Answer 57

the restoration of run-down areas of the middle class

Question 58

genuflect

Answer 58

to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in respect

Question 59

gestate

Answer 59

to think of; or develop

Question 60

gird

Answer 60

to bind with something circular