NSF nationals vocabulary X23

Question 1

spin

Answer 1

a short drive in a car; the act of rotating rapidly

Question 2

spoonerism

Answer 2

transposition of consonants in a pair of words

Question 3

squeamish

Answer 3

excessively fastidious

Question 4

squire

Answer 4

an English country landowner young nobleman attendant on a knight

Question 5

sterling

Answer 5

British money, high in quality

Question 6

stertorous

Answer 6

having a heavy snoring sound

Question 7

stile

Answer 7

steps or rungs which a person may pass over a wall

Question 8

stiletto

Answer 8

a short dagger with a tapered blade

Question 9

stilted

Answer 9

artificially formal

Question 10

stint

Answer 10

get along on a scanty allowance, frugal

Question 11

straggler

Answer 11

someone who strays or falls behind

Question 12

straits

Answer 12

a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water

Question 13

strangulation

Answer 13

constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid

Question 14

strew

Answer 14

to be scattered or sprinkled upon

Question 15

stripling

Answer 15

between puberty and muturity

Question 16

stultify

Answer 16

to appear as foolish

Question 17

subjugate

Answer 17

to bring under complete control, conquer

Question 18

subscribe

Answer 18

to pledge, as by signing an agreement

Question 19

substantiate

Answer 19

solidify, firm, or strengthen

Question 20

subsume

Answer 20

to consider or include

Question 21

subversion

Answer 21

the act of overthrowing

Question 22

succinct

Answer 22

expressed in few words; concise

Question 23

succor

Answer 23

assistance in time of difficulty

Question 24

sugarplum

Answer 24

any of various small sugary candies

Question 25

superciliously

Answer 25

with a sneer

Question 26

supernumerary

Answer 26

more than needed

Question 27

suppliant

Answer 27

humbly entreating, praying for something

Question 28

surmise

Answer 28

to think without evidence

Question 29

surreptitous

Answer 29

done in a stealthily or hidden way

Question 30

surrogate

Answer 30

a person appointed to act for another

Question 31

surveillance

Answer 31

to keep watch over; observe

Question 32

swan song

Answer 32

the final appearance of, preformance

Question 33

swashbuckler

Answer 33

a swordsman, devil

Question 34

symbiosis

Answer 34

a relationship between two species

Question 35

synapse

Answer 35

the junction between two neurons

Question 36

synchronize

Answer 36

adjust in time or manner

Question 37

synchronous

Answer 37

occurring at the same time

Question 38

syncopation

Answer 38

music or a passage cut short

Question 39

syndicate

Answer 39

a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort

Question 40

sydrome

Answer 40

a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder