NSF regionals vocabulary g33

Question 1

Stubble

Answer 1

Staks of grain when a crop is cut

Question 2

Stupefy

Answer 2

To stun or put in a state of little or no sensibility

Question 3

Sub rosa

Answer 3

Confidentially or secretly or privately

Question 4

Subliminal

Answer 4

Existing or working under the threshold of consiousness

Question 5

Succulent

Answer 5

Full of juice or moisture

Question 6

Succumb

Answer 6

To give way to superior force, to yield to diseases

Question 7

Sucker

Answer 7

A person easily cheated upon, a candy

Question 8

Sufferance

Answer 8

To endure pain or harm

Question 9

Sullen

Answer 9

Showing ignorance or ill-humor by silence

Question 10

Sumptuous

Answer 10

Luxurious or at great expense, large

Question 11

Supernal

Answer 11

Belonging to the heaven of divine beings, celestial

Question 12

Supply-side

Answer 12

Of or pertaining to the theory of stressing tax reduction

Question 13

Supposition

Answer 13

the act of supposing or assumption

Question 14

surreal

Answer 14

having the quality of a dream or unrealistic

Question 15

swivel

Answer 15

a fastening device that fastens an object and lets the object freely turn

Question 16

sycophant

Answer 16

a self-seeking, servile flatterer

Question 17

syllogism

Answer 17

a arguement the conclusion which is supported by 2 premises

Question 18

Symposium

Answer 18

a meeting or conference with a main subject

Question 19

synergy

Answer 19

combined of to or more muscles or forces

Question 20

synonymous

Answer 20

having the character of a synonym, equivalent in meaning

Question 21

synthesis

Answer 21

a complex whole formed by combining

Question 22

synthetic

Answer 22

same thing as synthesis

Question 23

tact

Answer 23

a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense

Question 24

tactical

Answer 24

of or pertaining to tactics

Question 25

tailored

Answer 25

having simple straight lines

Question 26

tangential

Answer 26

pertaining to tangent, merely connected or touching

Question 27

tariff

Answer 27

any table of charges

Question 28

tarn

Answer 28

a hill, lake, or pool

Question 29

tarry

Answer 29

to remian or stay in a place, to sojourn

Question 30

teal

Answer 30

a greenish blue color