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1. To bring under complete control
homogeneous
filibuster
Tautology
Subjugate
2. A compound of high molecular weight
Belie
Polymer
Pecuniary
Paradigm
3. 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
Supercilious
circumnaviagte
Abstemious
Nanotechnology
4. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree
kinetic
lexicon
Lugubrious
Vortex
5. To renouce - repudiate - or react.
kowtow
fatuous
Abjure
Precipitous
6. To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse - purify
Obsequious
expurgate
Wrought
circumlocution
7. Leadership
circumnaviagte
Polymer
fiduciary
hegemony
8. (n) roundabout way of speaking - using more words than necessary
euro
circumlocution
Omnipotent
epiphany
9. Careless or irresponsible
impeach
feckless
deleterious
Abrogate
10. Excessively flattering
Vehement
Orthography
Uncouous
inculcate
11. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
circumnaviagte
Recapitulate
enervate
incontrovertible
12. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
Usurp
hubris
Nomenclature
Plagiarize
13. A language user's knowledge of words
lexicon
kowtow
laissez-faire
enfranchise
14. Showing a lack of intelligence
Reparation
Vaccuous
Precipitous
feckless
15. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous
Obsequious
Supercilious
infrastructure
Reparation
16. Having ones identity concealed
hypotenuse
kinetic
incognito
circumnaviagte
17. One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects - Starlike in apperance - Having spectra with characteristically large red shifts
Acumen
Quasar
hypotenuse
Nomenclature
18. 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
equinox
Mitosis
Acumen
Uncouous
19. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc
Metamorphosis
fiduciary
Antebellum
hypotenuse
20. (adj) rude - boorish
churlish
diffident
Vaccuous
Nanotechnology
21. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable
Vehement
Photosynthesis
kinetic
Bowdlerize
22. Keen - insight - shrewdness
Acumen
deleterious
Xenophobe
gerrymander
23. Excessive pride or self confidence
fiduciary
Tectonic
hubris
circumnaviagte
24. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
fatuous
Uncouous
irony
gamete
25. To impress on the mind by repetition - teach persistently and earnestly
facetious
loquacious
inculcate
Nanotechnology
26. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.
Abstemious
Oxidize
Obsequious
lexicon
27. A display in fixed arrangement of a set (boy - boy's - boys - boys'): an example serving as a model
euro
Oxidize
Abstemious
Paradigm
28. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
feckless
inculcate
Oxidize
Nonsectarian
29. Lacking interest or significance
incognito
jejune
Photosynthesis
Moiety
30. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
Quotidian
Taxonomy
Subjugate
homogeneous
31. Whirling mass of movment
Belie
Nanotechnology
Vortex
Tectonic
32. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
laissez-faire
Respiration
deciduous
Quasar
33. Showing strong feeling
Soliloguy
Quasar
Polymer
Vehement
34. Humorous - not meant seriously
interpolate
Nihilism
Nomenclature
facetious
35. (v) to set free or endow
Notarize
Wrought
Soliloguy
enfranchise
36. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
Subjugate
circumnaviagte
Totalitarian
filibuster
37. Almighty or infinite in power - as God
Plasma
Notarize
diffident
Omnipotent
38. Total rejection of established laws and institutions
Winnow
Nanotechnology
churlish
Nihilism
39. (n) microscopic - rod-shaped - in nucleus of cell - responsible for transmission of hereditary characteristics
incognito
chromosone
gamete
kowtow
40. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
irony
Chicanery
Parameter
Omnipotent
41. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public
interpolate
kowtow
Notarize
Belie
42. Form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique
Plasma
Metamorphosis
Precipitous
Oligarchy
43. To abolish by formal orr official means.
Tautology
Quasar
Oligarchy
Abrogate
44. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
hemoglobin
Ziggurat
Reparation
hypotenuse
45. Before or exisiting before a war.
Antebellum
equinox
gerrymander
interpolate
46. Supplying motive force
Paradigm
euro
kinetic
Quotidian
47. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
Photosynthesis
Abstemious
Nonsectarian
impeach
48. To take and use ideas from another's work
incognito
Plagiarize
hubris
Abstemious
49. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
Lugubrious
Ziggurat
infrastructure
deciduous
50. A half
Moiety
kinetic
Reparation
Auspicious