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1. Technigue of classification
equinox
infrastructure
Abrogate
Taxonomy
2. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
Xenophobe
kowtow
Wrought
Usurp
3. Of the same kind
gamete
Oligarchy
homogeneous
Wrought
4. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
Obsequious
Antebellum
Precipitous
Nihilism
5. Whirling mass of movment
circumnaviagte
incognito
Polymer
Vortex
6. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
Uncouous
expurgate
Recapitulate
Nomenclature
7. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
Tautology
hubris
gamete
Plasma
8. (v) to deprive of force or strength
Obsequious
irony
enervate
deleterious
9. An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
gerrymander
Tectonic
Quasar
homogeneous
10. Worked to shape by beating
Oligarchy
Pecuniary
Wrought
Quotidian
11. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion
Yeoman
Bowdlerize
Totalitarian
Abstemious
12. The act of talking while or as if alone
fiduciary
incognito
Notarize
Soliloguy
13. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
Belie
inculcate
hypotenuse
incognito
14. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines
Polymer
Reparation
euro
Parameter
15. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
Orthography
evanescent
Sanguine
Recapitulate
16. To show to be false
equinox
Belie
irony
Tempestuous
17. (adj) rude - boorish
Yeoman
fiduciary
churlish
Vaccuous
18. Humorous - not meant seriously
facetious
Tautology
Ziggurat
Nomenclature
19. Of or pertaining to money
deciduous
Pecuniary
Recapitulate
Oligarchy
20. To impress on the mind by repetition - teach persistently and earnestly
Totalitarian
inculcate
Polymer
impeach
21. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
epiphany
Oxidize
Quotidian
feckless
22. The official currency of the European Union
euro
Orthography
Nihilism
Abrogate
23. To abolish by formal orr official means.
interpolate
Antebellum
Abrogate
Wrought
24. Having ones identity concealed
circumlocution
incognito
Antebellum
Nonsectarian
25. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy
Soliloguy
deciduous
Thermodynamics
hubris
26. Almighty or infinite in power - as God
Omnipotent
impeach
hemoglobin
infrastructure
27. To seperate
Winnow
enfranchise
deciduous
Ziggurat
28. Excessive pride or self confidence
Oxidize
hubris
equinox
Soliloguy
29. One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects - Starlike in apperance - Having spectra with characteristically large red shifts
Reparation
Quasar
hypotenuse
feckless
30. The time when day and night are of equal length
Thermodynamics
equinox
Chicanery
Precipitous
31. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid
Totalitarian
Quotidian
diffident
Abjure
32. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.
Lugubrious
Nonsectarian
Chicanery
homogeneous
33. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.
Abstemious
chromosone
Plasma
laissez-faire
34. Vanishing
Pecuniary
Tempestuous
evanescent
diffident
35. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
Respiration
Plagiarize
laissez-faire
Obsequious
36. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies
Pecuniary
Precipitous
Usurp
Quotidian
37. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
Metamorphosis
hemoglobin
Suffragist
Subjugate
38. Total rejection of established laws and institutions
diffident
Soliloguy
Nihilism
Nomenclature
39. Showing strong feeling
Suffragist
Photosynthesis
Omnipotent
Vehement
40. Violent commotion
kinetic
Tempestuous
Thermodynamics
Acumen
41. Needless repetion of an idea
Quotidian
Tautology
Thermodynamics
Soliloguy
42. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
hemoglobin
Metamorphosis
Tautology
Ziggurat
43. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
Ziggurat
Nihilism
deleterious
fiduciary
44. Not open to question or dispute
churlish
deciduous
incontrovertible
Suffragist
45. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
Nanotechnology
irony
Quotidian
Parabola
46. Excessively flattering
kinetic
diffident
Uncouous
Yeoman
47. Promising success
Abrogate
Oxidize
Wrought
Auspicious
48. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
churlish
kowtow
deciduous
irony
49. A half
jejune
Pecuniary
evanescent
Moiety
50. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination
Nonsectarian
Vehement
feckless
deleterious