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1. Whirling mass of movment
hubris
Vortex
Nonsectarian
Taxonomy
2. (n) microscopic - rod-shaped - in nucleus of cell - responsible for transmission of hereditary characteristics
Paradigm
Moiety
Mitosis
chromosone
3. A half
Sanguine
Recapitulate
Moiety
Notarize
4. Promising success
Lugubrious
euro
deciduous
Auspicious
5. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
Respiration
gamete
Plagiarize
jejune
6. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.
Abstemious
Plasma
kinetic
gauche
7. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
kowtow
Ziggurat
Obsequious
Subjugate
8. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
filibuster
Nihilism
equinox
kowtow
9. Humorous - not meant seriously
Precipitous
enervate
infrastructure
facetious
10. Violent commotion
kinetic
Tempestuous
Vaccuous
euro
11. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
enervate
Moiety
Oligarchy
fiduciary
12. The liquid part of blood or lymph
epiphany
Precipitous
Yeoman
Plasma
13. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
infrastructure
Wrought
hypotenuse
Nomenclature
14. The basic structure or features of a system or organization
Recapitulate
Vehement
gerrymander
infrastructure
15. (adj) shedding leaves annually
impeach
irony
deciduous
epiphany
16. Sythesis of complex organic materials
Photosynthesis
homogeneous
irony
Abrogate
17. Excessive pride or self confidence
hubris
Chicanery
equinox
Xenophobe
18. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
Abstemious
Quotidian
incontrovertible
infrastructure
19. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby
hubris
incontrovertible
Yeoman
interpolate
20. A technology executed on the scale of less than 100 nanometers - the goal of which is to control individual atoms and molecules - especially to create computer chips and other microscopic devices
Orthography
Bowdlerize
inculcate
Nanotechnology
21. To bring under complete control
Oxidize
Subjugate
Nanotechnology
Usurp
22. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public
Ziggurat
incognito
Bellicose
Notarize
23. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion
Totalitarian
Bowdlerize
Abjure
Nonsectarian
24. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)
Abrogate
Pecuniary
Tectonic
Precipitous
25. To seperate
loquacious
Winnow
gerrymander
Bowdlerize
26. Worked to shape by beating
Wrought
Obsequious
Antebellum
enfranchise
27. Inclined or eager to fight.
Pecuniary
Bellicose
Paradigm
gerrymander
28. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc
Metamorphosis
laissez-faire
Auspicious
Plagiarize
29. Not open to question or dispute
Winnow
incontrovertible
Thermodynamics
Respiration
30. The time when day and night are of equal length
equinox
Tempestuous
loquacious
Lugubrious
31. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
Tautology
Omnipotent
Respiration
Subjugate
32. (v) to fly or sail around
loquacious
circumnaviagte
Belie
Nihilism
33. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
Nihilism
incontrovertible
homogeneous
hemoglobin
34. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something
Tautology
incontrovertible
epiphany
Mitosis
35. Supplying motive force
kowtow
Recapitulate
Chicanery
kinetic
36. The act of talking while or as if alone
Abjure
Soliloguy
Parameter
filibuster
37. Needless repetion of an idea
impeach
Tautology
Nomenclature
Xenophobe
38. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
Sanguine
Notarize
laissez-faire
deleterious
39. Leadership
Sanguine
facetious
hegemony
inculcate
40. Of the same kind
homogeneous
Parabola
equinox
Bowdlerize
41. A language user's knowledge of words
Totalitarian
feckless
lexicon
fiduciary
42. (v) to set free or endow
Uncouous
irony
Taxonomy
enfranchise
43. Careless or irresponsible
Abstemious
homogeneous
feckless
Metamorphosis
44. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
Oxidize
evanescent
churlish
Uncouous
45. To show to be false
Belie
Recapitulate
Wrought
facetious
46. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid
diffident
Bowdlerize
Bellicose
Chicanery
47. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
impeach
Quasar
Suffragist
homogeneous
48. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree
Lugubrious
Vortex
Bowdlerize
Mitosis
49. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling
Vortex
hypotenuse
equinox
Orthography
50. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
hypotenuse
hegemony
Recapitulate
Tectonic