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1. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
Tautology
Respiration
Oxidize
Plagiarize
2. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies
Omnipotent
Soliloguy
impeach
Precipitous
3. The act of talking while or as if alone
kinetic
Soliloguy
irony
laissez-faire
4. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree
gamete
Obsequious
gerrymander
Lugubrious
5. Lacking interest or significance
Paradigm
Subjugate
Quasar
jejune
6. An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
gerrymander
Soliloguy
deleterious
expurgate
7. To bring under complete control
Subjugate
hubris
inculcate
enfranchise
8. Excessively flattering
gerrymander
Yeoman
Plagiarize
Uncouous
9. A compound of high molecular weight
euro
impeach
Vehement
Polymer
10. 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
Oxidize
Soliloguy
Mitosis
Lugubrious
11. To seperate
Vaccuous
Winnow
Lugubrious
jejune
12. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
filibuster
Mitosis
Tautology
Tempestuous
13. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid
circumlocution
Paradigm
diffident
Abrogate
14. (adj) rude - boorish
Plagiarize
circumnaviagte
churlish
evanescent
15. (n) microscopic - rod-shaped - in nucleus of cell - responsible for transmission of hereditary characteristics
chromosone
homogeneous
Parameter
Subjugate
16. The liquid part of blood or lymph
Parameter
laissez-faire
Abstemious
Plasma
17. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines
irony
hubris
Parameter
Thermodynamics
18. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy
gamete
interpolate
Thermodynamics
Yeoman
19. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy
Tautology
Bellicose
Vehement
gauche
20. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
Chicanery
Abstemious
Nomenclature
hegemony
21. (adj) harmful [to health]
Parabola
Subjugate
deleterious
fiduciary
22. Of or pertaining to money
lexicon
Pecuniary
Nomenclature
jejune
23. (v) to deprive of force or strength
Oxidize
enervate
Xenophobe
hubris
24. 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
Pecuniary
hemoglobin
epiphany
25. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
Nonsectarian
Obsequious
Paradigm
Soliloguy
26. Careless or irresponsible
feckless
deciduous
Wrought
Mitosis
27. Complacently or inanely foolish
irony
fatuous
Plagiarize
Pecuniary
28. The time when day and night are of equal length
Subjugate
equinox
Oligarchy
Soliloguy
29. (n) roundabout way of speaking - using more words than necessary
Orthography
Belie
circumlocution
Respiration
30. To take and use ideas from another's work
Plagiarize
Sanguine
Vaccuous
Abjure
31. Someone who hates or fears foreigners
Orthography
Xenophobe
Plasma
incontrovertible
32. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
lexicon
Ziggurat
Lugubrious
Abrogate
33. An advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage
gauche
Suffragist
Paradigm
hemoglobin
34. Of the same kind
homogeneous
Plasma
impeach
Acumen
35. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc
Respiration
churlish
enfranchise
Metamorphosis
36. Humorous - not meant seriously
Metamorphosis
facetious
Respiration
homogeneous
37. A language user's knowledge of words
lexicon
Taxonomy
Subjugate
Nonsectarian
38. The official currency of the European Union
Precipitous
Paradigm
kinetic
euro
39. Sythesis of complex organic materials
Quotidian
Thermodynamics
Antebellum
Photosynthesis
40. Supplying motive force
Respiration
kinetic
impeach
Nonsectarian
41. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
Obsequious
infrastructure
fiduciary
Quasar
42. The basic structure or features of a system or organization
Suffragist
interpolate
infrastructure
Vehement
43. Excessive pride or self confidence
Totalitarian
hubris
impeach
inculcate
44. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
Recapitulate
laissez-faire
Mitosis
gamete
45. To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse - purify
equinox
expurgate
Supercilious
chromosone
46. Having ones identity concealed
incognito
Parameter
feckless
inculcate
47. Full of trivial conversation
Nihilism
loquacious
Wrought
Photosynthesis
48. Showing a lack of intelligence
Vaccuous
Wrought
Parameter
impeach
49. (v) to set free or endow
Parabola
Auspicious
kowtow
enfranchise
50. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
Quotidian
incontrovertible
Respiration
hemoglobin