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NSF Final Wordlist 1

NSF Final Word list 1
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  1. waltz
    music composed in triple time
  2. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  3. Waterloo
    a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
  4. Wednesday
    the fourth day of the week; the third working day
  5. weeper
    a person who weeps
  6. whammy
    an evil spell
  7. whirlpool
    a powerful circular current of water
  8. whirlwind
    a column of air spinning around itself
  9. wigwam
    a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape
  10. windjammer
    a large sailing ship
  11. worm
    any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
  12. worrisome
    causing distress or anxiety
  13. worry
    a strong feeling of anxiety
  14. wreckage
    the remaining parts of something that has been destroyed
  15. wretchedness
    a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
  16. writ
    a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
  17. wrong
    not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
  18. yachtsman
    a person who owns or sails a yacht
  19. yahoo
    a person who is not intelligent or interested in culture
  20. yang
    the bright positive principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology
  21. yearling
    a racehorse that is about one year old
  22. yeoman
    a free man who cultivates his own land
  23. yin
    the dark, negative principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology
  24. yoga
    discipline training the consciousness for spiritual insight
  25. yore
    time long past
  26. zest
    a tart spicy quality
  27. Zionist
    a Jewish supporter of Zionism
  28. Zulu
    a member of an eastern South African community
  29. yield
    give or supply
  30. vagabond
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
  31. valence
    the capacity of something or someone to react with or affect others
  32. vampire
    a corpse rising at night to drink the blood of the living
  33. Vatican
    the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City
  34. vault
    a burial chamber (usually underground)
  35. vegetarian
    someone who eats no meat or fish
  36. vendetta
    a blood feud between members of opposing parties
  37. venire
    a group of people summoned for jury service
  38. ventilate
    furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or escape
  39. vertebral
    of or relating to or constituting vertebrae
  40. veteran
    a person who has served in the armed forces
  41. viaduct
    a segmented, elevated bridge carrying a road over a valley
  42. vigil
    a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
  43. vigilante
    a person who takes the law into his or her own hands
  44. visually
    with respect to sight
  45. vitiate
    make imperfect
  46. vogue
    a current state of general acceptance and use
  47. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  48. vortex
    a powerful circular current of water
  49. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
  50. unaccountable
    not to be explained
  51. unerringly
    without making errors
  52. uniform
    clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a group
  53. unimpeachable
    beyond doubt or reproach
  54. unintelligible
    not clearly understood or expressed
  55. unique
    the single one of its kind
  56. univalent
    having a valence of 1
  57. untimely
    badly scheduled
  58. upheaval
    a violent disturbance
  59. utilitarian
    having a useful function
  60. tabard
    a short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald
  61. tantalize
    harass with persistent teasing or baiting
  62. tapestried
    hung or decorated with tapestry
  63. target
    a reference point to shoot at
  64. tearjerker
    an excessively sentimental story
  65. tectonic
    pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
  66. teeth
    the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
  67. temple
    a place of worship
  68. tenancy
    the act or state of being an occupant
  69. tenpins
    bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins
  70. terminus
    a place where something ends or is complete
  71. tetherball
    a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole
  72. theology
    the rational and systematic study of religion
  73. thereabouts
    near that time or date
  74. thermonuclear
    using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission
  75. thorough
    painstakingly careful and accurate
  76. thought
    the content of cognition
  77. throat
    the passage to the stomach and lungs
  78. thunderstorm
    a storm resulting from strong rising air currents
  79. tomato
    mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
  80. tonsil
    either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
  81. torment
    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  82. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  83. tortilla
    thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour
  84. touchdown
    a goal worth six points in American football
  85. tracheal
    relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea
  86. traitor
    a person who says one thing and does another
  87. trajectory
    the path followed by an object moving through space
  88. transect
    cut across or divide transversely
  89. trapezoid
    a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides
  90. trauma
    an emotional wound or shock having long-lasting effects
  91. traverse
    journey across or pass over
  92. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
  93. trinket
    a small cheap ornament, knickknack, or piece of jewelry
  94. trio
    a set of three similar things considered as a unit
  95. triton
    tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells
  96. tundra
    a vast treeless plain where subsoil is permanently frozen
  97. tungsten
    a heavy grey-white metallic element
  98. turbulence
    instability in the atmosphere
  99. turtle
    any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
  100. two
    the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one
  101. tycoon
    a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
  102. tyrant
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  103. obscene
    offensive to the mind
  104. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  105. octave
    a musical interval of eight tones
  106. ocular
    relating to or resembling the eye
  107. ogre
    (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
  108. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  109. omnivorous
    feeding on both plants and animals
  110. ooze
    pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
  111. opossum
    nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
  112. oppose
    be against
  113. oppress
    come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
  114. orbital
    relating to the path of one body around another
  115. orchard
    a small cultivated area where fruit trees are planted
  116. ordinal
    being or denoting a numerical order in a series
  117. ordinary
    lacking special distinction, rank, or status
  118. oregano
    aromatic Eurasian perennial
  119. oxygen
    a colorless, odorless gas that is essential for respiration
  120. oyster
    marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell
  121. pacifism
    the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable
  122. pagan
    a person following a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion
  123. pagoda
    an Asian temple
  124. palette
    a board on which an artist mixes paints
  125. pancreas
    a large gland that secretes insulin and digestive enzymes
Created on 六月 23, 2011 (updated 六月 26, 2011)

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