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1. The liquid part of blood or lymph
Winnow
Sanguine
Plasma
Precipitous
2. The usual method of cell division - characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form - which condenses into chromosomes - each of which separates longitudinally into two parts - one part of each chromoso
feckless
diffident
Mitosis
churlish
3. To abolish by formal orr official means.
Sanguine
expurgate
Abrogate
Parameter
4. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
Obsequious
Tautology
Recapitulate
impeach
5. (adj) rude - boorish
Yeoman
churlish
Notarize
hypotenuse
6. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
enervate
gamete
Auspicious
hypotenuse
7. The basic structure or features of a system or organization
infrastructure
Sanguine
Oxidize
Xenophobe
8. Supplying motive force
kinetic
circumlocution
Quotidian
chromosone
9. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
impeach
Belie
Oligarchy
Quotidian
10. Complacently or inanely foolish
fatuous
Plasma
Photosynthesis
Nihilism
11. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid
gamete
feckless
interpolate
diffident
12. The time when day and night are of equal length
Uncouous
Usurp
Photosynthesis
equinox
13. Excessively flattering
Supercilious
Uncouous
impeach
enfranchise
14. Full of trivial conversation
Wrought
loquacious
Precipitous
Abrogate
15. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc
homogeneous
incognito
Metamorphosis
evanescent
16. Excessive pride or self confidence
hubris
Respiration
feckless
homogeneous
17. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable
impeach
Bowdlerize
Antebellum
Oligarchy
18. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous
homogeneous
Supercilious
Totalitarian
Precipitous
19. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something
epiphany
Tempestuous
Moiety
lexicon
20. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition
Paradigm
Sanguine
expurgate
chromosone
21. To renouce - repudiate - or react.
Abjure
Totalitarian
Omnipotent
Quotidian
22. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
kinetic
Acumen
Nomenclature
Vaccuous
23. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination
Quasar
Nonsectarian
euro
deleterious
24. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
Suffragist
Winnow
Respiration
Photosynthesis
25. To show to be false
Ziggurat
Belie
Tautology
Recapitulate
26. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
Reparation
deleterious
Tectonic
Usurp
27. Plane curve formed by the intersection of right circular cone with plane parallel to a generator of the cone
Paradigm
Acumen
gerrymander
Parabola
28. Technigue of classification
Parabola
Nonsectarian
Taxonomy
Vaccuous
29. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling
hypotenuse
Soliloguy
Orthography
Oxidize
30. An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
gerrymander
Quotidian
hegemony
Acumen
31. Sythesis of complex organic materials
hegemony
Photosynthesis
Soliloguy
Taxonomy
32. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy
epiphany
gauche
gerrymander
Bellicose
33. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)
Tectonic
Thermodynamics
Yeoman
Moiety
34. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
Thermodynamics
feckless
circumlocution
hypotenuse
35. A language user's knowledge of words
lexicon
Tectonic
Wrought
Nihilism
36. Form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique
Oligarchy
enfranchise
gerrymander
Winnow
37. Needless repetion of an idea
Abrogate
Tautology
feckless
fatuous
38. Whirling mass of movment
infrastructure
euro
Vortex
enfranchise
39. The official currency of the European Union
euro
Polymer
enervate
Bowdlerize
40. (adj) harmful [to health]
deleterious
Ziggurat
incognito
Oxidize
41. (v) to deprive of force or strength
circumlocution
enervate
Reparation
Yeoman
42. To seperate
Winnow
Paradigm
Mitosis
deciduous
43. Having ones identity concealed
Usurp
equinox
Abrogate
incognito
44. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
Recapitulate
fiduciary
jejune
gamete
45. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public
Belie
Notarize
lexicon
circumnaviagte
46. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
filibuster
Nonsectarian
chromosone
Subjugate
47. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
irony
Recapitulate
facetious
Polymer
48. An advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage
Nihilism
Suffragist
Nonsectarian
Oligarchy
49. A half
Moiety
Sanguine
Oligarchy
incontrovertible
50. Of the same kind
homogeneous
Yeoman
Quasar
Sanguine