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1. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable
chromosone
Nanotechnology
Bellicose
Bowdlerize
2. Of the same kind
homogeneous
Photosynthesis
gerrymander
Winnow
3. To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse - purify
expurgate
Quasar
Yeoman
Auspicious
4. Complacently or inanely foolish
euro
Parameter
Plasma
fatuous
5. Of or pertaining to money
Pecuniary
Abstemious
Auspicious
filibuster
6. A display in fixed arrangement of a set (boy - boy's - boys - boys'): an example serving as a model
Paradigm
Wrought
Vortex
Obsequious
7. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
Parameter
kowtow
Obsequious
Tempestuous
8. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
Plasma
filibuster
Metamorphosis
Respiration
9. A compound of high molecular weight
Auspicious
hypotenuse
Polymer
interpolate
10. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
Ziggurat
Parameter
Recapitulate
loquacious
11. The act of talking while or as if alone
Oligarchy
kowtow
Pecuniary
Soliloguy
12. (v) to set free or endow
irony
Recapitulate
Parabola
enfranchise
13. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid
facetious
irony
chromosone
diffident
14. (adj) harmful [to health]
fatuous
Nomenclature
deleterious
Chicanery
15. A language user's knowledge of words
feckless
Nanotechnology
lexicon
epiphany
16. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
Bowdlerize
jejune
Oxidize
facetious
17. Form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique
irony
Oligarchy
gerrymander
hemoglobin
18. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
Usurp
Supercilious
Suffragist
Antebellum
19. (adj) shedding leaves annually
Bellicose
Vehement
deciduous
Xenophobe
20. Before or exisiting before a war.
Omnipotent
Recapitulate
Obsequious
Antebellum
21. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Taxonomy
circumnaviagte
Plagiarize
kowtow
22. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines
churlish
jejune
Parameter
Winnow
23. Excessive pride or self confidence
gerrymander
evanescent
Chicanery
hubris
24. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
Oligarchy
Parameter
Ziggurat
Vaccuous
25. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.
Wrought
Tautology
Abstemious
Oxidize
26. Someone who hates or fears foreigners
Metamorphosis
Quasar
Xenophobe
hypotenuse
27. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
hypotenuse
expurgate
Bellicose
loquacious
28. (v) to deprive of force or strength
fatuous
Metamorphosis
enervate
euro
29. 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
hubris
Vortex
Chicanery
Mitosis
30. Violent commotion
lexicon
Vaccuous
Acumen
Tempestuous
31. Careless or irresponsible
irony
Nonsectarian
Recapitulate
feckless
32. Leadership
hegemony
gerrymander
facetious
Plasma
33. (n) roundabout way of speaking - using more words than necessary
circumlocution
Oxidize
Suffragist
evanescent
34. To renouce - repudiate - or react.
Plasma
Supercilious
Quotidian
Abjure
35. (adj) rude - boorish
kinetic
churlish
hypotenuse
Photosynthesis
36. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc
Yeoman
homogeneous
Metamorphosis
Abstemious
37. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling
Respiration
kinetic
Orthography
circumnaviagte
38. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy
gauche
Abjure
Ziggurat
Vortex
39. Supplying motive force
irony
kinetic
Auspicious
gerrymander
40. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous
Pecuniary
Tectonic
Supercilious
Plasma
41. Technigue of classification
Bellicose
Taxonomy
Chicanery
kinetic
42. The basic structure or features of a system or organization
gerrymander
infrastructure
Lugubrious
Abjure
43. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
Sanguine
Nomenclature
hypotenuse
Photosynthesis
44. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
facetious
irony
Paradigm
Acumen
45. Total rejection of established laws and institutions
Obsequious
hubris
Nihilism
Omnipotent
46. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.
Chicanery
Nonsectarian
gamete
Abrogate
47. To take and use ideas from another's work
Soliloguy
Plagiarize
fatuous
Vaccuous
48. A half
Precipitous
Bellicose
Abstemious
Moiety
49. Sythesis of complex organic materials
Quotidian
incontrovertible
Photosynthesis
Vaccuous
50. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
Totalitarian
enfranchise
Quotidian
Bowdlerize