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english
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1. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling
Abstemious
deciduous
Orthography
Photosynthesis
2. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies
facetious
fiduciary
Precipitous
loquacious
3. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
Suffragist
circumnaviagte
Yeoman
Omnipotent
4. Someone who hates or fears foreigners
Tectonic
Xenophobe
Bowdlerize
Orthography
5. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc
Oligarchy
Metamorphosis
Abstemious
Totalitarian
6. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid
Antebellum
feckless
diffident
Totalitarian
7. Technigue of classification
equinox
gamete
inculcate
Taxonomy
8. (v) to fly or sail around
fatuous
circumnaviagte
Omnipotent
churlish
9. To bring under complete control
Subjugate
euro
expurgate
Ziggurat
10. Full of trivial conversation
Tempestuous
Bowdlerize
Nihilism
loquacious
11. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
Bellicose
Auspicious
Nihilism
Ziggurat
12. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
Soliloguy
loquacious
hemoglobin
Abstemious
13. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
gamete
Winnow
kowtow
homogeneous
14. An advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage
Suffragist
Lugubrious
jejune
Obsequious
15. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
impeach
laissez-faire
Supercilious
Oligarchy
16. To renouce - repudiate - or react.
gauche
Lugubrious
Abjure
evanescent
17. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
evanescent
Plasma
hubris
Recapitulate
18. Leadership
Suffragist
Lugubrious
gamete
hegemony
19. Sythesis of complex organic materials
Abjure
Photosynthesis
Plagiarize
Oligarchy
20. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
Belie
euro
Obsequious
fiduciary
21. Whirling mass of movment
evanescent
Metamorphosis
Vortex
Nonsectarian
22. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
Usurp
Tautology
Moiety
Plasma
23. (adj) shedding leaves annually
infrastructure
impeach
deciduous
enfranchise
24. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice
hypotenuse
Reparation
circumlocution
Nihilism
25. To take and use ideas from another's work
Yeoman
Plagiarize
jejune
Oxidize
26. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
epiphany
Quotidian
Plagiarize
hemoglobin
27. Of the same kind
Winnow
enfranchise
homogeneous
kinetic
28. Inclined or eager to fight.
Notarize
Antebellum
Bellicose
Soliloguy
29. Showing strong feeling
Vehement
incontrovertible
Nomenclature
hypotenuse
30. To seperate
Polymer
Winnow
fiduciary
Vehement
31. Violent commotion
Tempestuous
enfranchise
Winnow
Bowdlerize
32. 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
infrastructure
Mitosis
facetious
gauche
33. A half
Moiety
Acumen
Plagiarize
hemoglobin
34. Total rejection of established laws and institutions
Oligarchy
Nihilism
Taxonomy
euro
35. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition
Sanguine
Soliloguy
diffident
Subjugate
36. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.
Precipitous
Abstemious
Taxonomy
fiduciary
37. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable
Bowdlerize
diffident
Antebellum
Reparation
38. To show to be false
Bowdlerize
churlish
Belie
laissez-faire
39. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
Oxidize
Plagiarize
Precipitous
Nanotechnology
40. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination
enfranchise
Nonsectarian
Lugubrious
fiduciary
41. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree
Sanguine
Lugubrious
hubris
Parameter
42. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
Abjure
Uncouous
hypotenuse
enfranchise
43. (v) to deprive of force or strength
enervate
Parabola
filibuster
Nonsectarian
44. Showing a lack of intelligence
Auspicious
Parameter
Vaccuous
Xenophobe
45. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Ziggurat
Orthography
Totalitarian
kowtow
46. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
enfranchise
Respiration
equinox
impeach
47. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
Vortex
Subjugate
fiduciary
Nonsectarian
48. The official currency of the European Union
churlish
impeach
Winnow
euro
49. The liquid part of blood or lymph
Respiration
Totalitarian
Plasma
Parameter
50. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous
Pecuniary
Supercilious
Parabola
gamete