NSF regionals vocabulary e13

Question 1

Entreat

Answer 1

To ask repetitively, or beg

Question 2

Environs

Answer 2

The surrounding parts

Question 3

Envisage

Answer 3

To visualize, to meet face to face

Question 4

Envoy

Answer 4

A diplomatic agent

Question 5

Epicenter

Answer 5

The exact point of an earthquake

Question 6

Epigram

Answer 6

A witty saying

Question 7

Epithet

Answer 7

A word or phrase applying to a person

Question 8

Epoch

Answer 8

A particular period of time marked by

distinctive features

Question 9

Erosion

Answer 9

To wear away

Question 10

Escapade

Answer 10

A adventurous prank

Question 11

Eschew

Answer 11

To avoid or shun

Question 12

Esquire

Answer 12

An unofficial tittle of respect

Question 13

Ethic

Answer 13

The body of moral principles

Question 14

Ethical

Answer 14

Pertaining to or dealing with morals

Question 15

Ethnic cleansing

Answer 15

The elimination of an unwanted ethnic group

Question 16

Ethos

Answer 16

The character or disposition of a community

Question 17

Euphoria

Answer 17

A feeling of intense excitement, state of intense happiness

Question 18

Evocative

Answer 18

Bringing memories back

Question 19

Exact

Answer 19

Perfectly done

Question 20

Ethnic

Answer 20

Relating to a population subgroup with cultural tradition

Question 21

Excise-tax

Answer 21

The branch of civil service that collects excise

taxes

Question 22

Exemplar

Answer 22

A model or pattern to be copied or imitated

Question 23

Expeditiously

Answer 23

Done with speed and efficiency

Question 24

Explicate

Answer 24

To make clear, to develop

Question 25

Expulsion

Answer 25

To force out of something

Question 26

Extenuate

Answer 26

Make to seem less serious

Question 27

Extinct

Answer 27

No longer in existence

Question 28

Extol

Answer 28

To praise

Question 29

Extort

Answer 29

To wring or force belongings by violence

Question 30

Extrovert

Answer 30

An outgoing gregarious person

Question 31

Facilitate

Answer 31

To make easier

Question 32

Faction

Answer 32

A group

Question 33

Factor

Answer 33

One of the elements contributing to a | particular result

Question 34

Fakir

Answer 34

A Muslim or Hindu who lives on alms

Question 35

Fantasia

Answer 35

A musical composition with free form