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1. A compound of high molecular weight
fiduciary
Polymer
Plagiarize
Soliloguy
2. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
fatuous
Vaccuous
fiduciary
Quotidian
3. One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects - Starlike in apperance - Having spectra with characteristically large red shifts
Tectonic
facetious
Quasar
Obsequious
4. A display in fixed arrangement of a set (boy - boy's - boys - boys'): an example serving as a model
Plagiarize
loquacious
Plasma
Paradigm
5. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination
Nihilism
Nonsectarian
Wrought
Polymer
6. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
gamete
Wrought
Auspicious
Soliloguy
7. Almighty or infinite in power - as God
Acumen
Belie
Omnipotent
Respiration
8. 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
Nanotechnology
Abrogate
hypotenuse
Respiration
9. Showing strong feeling
Oligarchy
Vehement
Xenophobe
Subjugate
10. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
Obsequious
Bowdlerize
Notarize
interpolate
11. Worked to shape by beating
Plagiarize
Wrought
Tectonic
Supercilious
12. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc
inculcate
Metamorphosis
Suffragist
Supercilious
13. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion
incognito
Totalitarian
Thermodynamics
Omnipotent
14. 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
expurgate
Mitosis
Subjugate
Chicanery
15. (n) roundabout way of speaking - using more words than necessary
Antebellum
circumlocution
facetious
gerrymander
16. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
filibuster
diffident
Auspicious
circumnaviagte
17. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree
Tectonic
Acumen
Lugubrious
Parameter
18. To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse - purify
expurgate
Nanotechnology
Recapitulate
Thermodynamics
19. The basic structure or features of a system or organization
Quotidian
Obsequious
infrastructure
Lugubrious
20. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public
Paradigm
Notarize
Winnow
churlish
21. Someone who hates or fears foreigners
circumlocution
Vehement
Xenophobe
Moiety
22. Excessive pride or self confidence
Abrogate
hubris
Vortex
Parabola
23. An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
gerrymander
Plagiarize
Oligarchy
Suffragist
24. The official currency of the European Union
Photosynthesis
euro
irony
circumlocution
25. Before or exisiting before a war.
enervate
Auspicious
Antebellum
Tectonic
26. Plane curve formed by the intersection of right circular cone with plane parallel to a generator of the cone
gerrymander
Parabola
feckless
Polymer
27. (v) to fly or sail around
filibuster
Vaccuous
circumnaviagte
Obsequious
28. Careless or irresponsible
Metamorphosis
feckless
fiduciary
Vaccuous
29. Of the same kind
enervate
homogeneous
Respiration
Vehement
30. Full of trivial conversation
loquacious
Belie
Tempestuous
Polymer
31. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
Respiration
deleterious
Antebellum
Obsequious
32. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
diffident
Nomenclature
Suffragist
Vaccuous
33. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy
Vortex
Nomenclature
Wrought
Thermodynamics
34. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something
Reparation
Pecuniary
filibuster
epiphany
35. Showing a lack of intelligence
Quotidian
Metamorphosis
laissez-faire
Vaccuous
36. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines
Wrought
Metamorphosis
Uncouous
Parameter
37. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous
Supercilious
kinetic
chromosone
homogeneous
38. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies
Nanotechnology
kowtow
Precipitous
Soliloguy
39. Whirling mass of movment
Vortex
deciduous
Reparation
facetious
40. Excessively flattering
hemoglobin
infrastructure
euro
Uncouous
41. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
Oligarchy
hemoglobin
Parameter
chromosone
42. Humorous - not meant seriously
Vaccuous
Omnipotent
enervate
facetious
43. Having ones identity concealed
euro
Tectonic
incognito
epiphany
44. (v) to deprive of force or strength
Notarize
Precipitous
Bellicose
enervate
45. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
evanescent
hypotenuse
Orthography
Vaccuous
46. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)
Thermodynamics
infrastructure
Orthography
Tectonic
47. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
infrastructure
Nihilism
Ziggurat
Mitosis
48. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
Xenophobe
filibuster
Oxidize
jejune
49. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby
Lugubrious
interpolate
Tautology
Totalitarian
50. Complacently or inanely foolish
fatuous
Plasma
loquacious
Nomenclature