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1. The time when day and night are of equal length
gauche
facetious
irony
equinox
2. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
Vaccuous
Abstemious
Nomenclature
evanescent
3. Needless repetion of an idea
enervate
Reparation
deleterious
Tautology
4. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
Nihilism
Quotidian
Nonsectarian
facetious
5. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion
Precipitous
gamete
enfranchise
Totalitarian
6. Technigue of classification
Suffragist
Taxonomy
Abjure
homogeneous
7. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
hypotenuse
Suffragist
Mitosis
Obsequious
8. A compound of high molecular weight
Abstemious
Polymer
Wrought
Tectonic
9. 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
circumnaviagte
Vortex
Nanotechnology
Auspicious
10. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.
Abstemious
hegemony
Photosynthesis
Acumen
11. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
Suffragist
Lugubrious
hemoglobin
kinetic
12. A language user's knowledge of words
lexicon
Parameter
circumnaviagte
impeach
13. 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
gamete
Mitosis
interpolate
deleterious
14. Showing a lack of intelligence
Vaccuous
Acumen
Respiration
Lugubrious
15. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination
hegemony
Nonsectarian
Ziggurat
Supercilious
16. Full of trivial conversation
loquacious
Vehement
Nihilism
Nomenclature
17. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
impeach
Soliloguy
Thermodynamics
Yeoman
18. Careless or irresponsible
kowtow
Recapitulate
feckless
Lugubrious
19. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
Respiration
laissez-faire
Nomenclature
incognito
20. Not open to question or dispute
Moiety
Respiration
incontrovertible
Taxonomy
21. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice
Reparation
homogeneous
diffident
Nihilism
22. Humorous - not meant seriously
Antebellum
gauche
Metamorphosis
facetious
23. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
Orthography
filibuster
diffident
Plagiarize
24. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
Vaccuous
Pecuniary
Usurp
lexicon
25. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Uncouous
Nanotechnology
kowtow
Taxonomy
26. Almighty or infinite in power - as God
Omnipotent
feckless
hypotenuse
Yeoman
27. Leadership
gauche
Ziggurat
inculcate
hegemony
28. A half
Metamorphosis
Moiety
Vaccuous
hubris
29. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)
Quasar
Vortex
Tectonic
euro
30. Whirling mass of movment
Vortex
Winnow
inculcate
euro
31. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
deciduous
lexicon
Abstemious
impeach
32. To renouce - repudiate - or react.
fatuous
hubris
Abjure
irony
33. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy
Polymer
gauche
Vehement
Totalitarian
34. Violent commotion
Chicanery
Tempestuous
Vehement
lexicon
35. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous
Thermodynamics
Tautology
Supercilious
Nonsectarian
36. To show to be false
Totalitarian
incontrovertible
chromosone
Belie
37. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
Suffragist
hypotenuse
Abjure
Auspicious
38. Promising success
equinox
jejune
Auspicious
incognito
39. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.
Chicanery
Bowdlerize
Tectonic
chromosone
40. The act of talking while or as if alone
Sanguine
Abrogate
gerrymander
Soliloguy
41. Supplying motive force
Winnow
kinetic
Vaccuous
Oligarchy
42. Excessively flattering
kowtow
Mitosis
equinox
Uncouous
43. (adj) shedding leaves annually
deciduous
interpolate
Thermodynamics
Yeoman
44. Having ones identity concealed
Chicanery
incognito
Pecuniary
Winnow
45. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree
hegemony
Yeoman
Lugubrious
Bellicose
46. Sythesis of complex organic materials
Photosynthesis
churlish
Quotidian
incognito
47. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines
hegemony
homogeneous
Parameter
hemoglobin
48. An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
gerrymander
jejune
Wrought
Plagiarize
49. Someone who hates or fears foreigners
Xenophobe
hegemony
Ziggurat
Notarize
50. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
infrastructure
Recapitulate
Metamorphosis
Nomenclature