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1. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public
Yeoman
Notarize
Supercilious
lexicon
2. Excessively flattering
Uncouous
Antebellum
Quotidian
kinetic
3. Leadership
Sanguine
hegemony
Pecuniary
Nihilism
4. Humorous - not meant seriously
Wrought
facetious
hemoglobin
Ziggurat
5. The official currency of the European Union
hemoglobin
Parameter
euro
Parabola
6. A display in fixed arrangement of a set (boy - boy's - boys - boys'): an example serving as a model
Paradigm
Mitosis
jejune
loquacious
7. The act of talking while or as if alone
Soliloguy
incontrovertible
Quotidian
Bowdlerize
8. Violent commotion
Tempestuous
lexicon
fatuous
equinox
9. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition
homogeneous
Abjure
Sanguine
Quasar
10. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies
Precipitous
Parabola
Plasma
inculcate
11. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
hypotenuse
Auspicious
circumlocution
Subjugate
12. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable
Nomenclature
fiduciary
kinetic
Bowdlerize
13. Excessive pride or self confidence
Auspicious
hubris
Vortex
Tempestuous
14. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
gerrymander
Respiration
enfranchise
incontrovertible
15. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy
Yeoman
lexicon
incontrovertible
gauche
16. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
Recapitulate
hemoglobin
evanescent
filibuster
17. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)
Notarize
Tectonic
Plagiarize
Vehement
18. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid
facetious
diffident
incontrovertible
Vortex
19. Showing a lack of intelligence
enervate
Acumen
Wrought
Vaccuous
20. (v) to fly or sail around
fiduciary
Orthography
Tempestuous
circumnaviagte
21. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
Metamorphosis
impeach
Nomenclature
laissez-faire
22. Showing strong feeling
hegemony
Vehement
Parameter
Tectonic
23. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion
Vehement
Oligarchy
Totalitarian
jejune
24. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Abjure
incontrovertible
kowtow
Nanotechnology
25. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
gauche
Polymer
Thermodynamics
Ziggurat
26. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
euro
Oxidize
irony
Paradigm
27. A language user's knowledge of words
fiduciary
lexicon
Vaccuous
feckless
28. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
Abrogate
Precipitous
incontrovertible
Quotidian
29. Supplying motive force
expurgate
kinetic
Vehement
fatuous
30. One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects - Starlike in apperance - Having spectra with characteristically large red shifts
Yeoman
Quasar
deleterious
Soliloguy
31. The liquid part of blood or lymph
Vaccuous
enervate
deciduous
Plasma
32. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
kinetic
Bowdlerize
deciduous
fiduciary
33. (adj) rude - boorish
Taxonomy
Abstemious
Orthography
churlish
34. Someone who hates or fears foreigners
gerrymander
Xenophobe
Supercilious
Plagiarize
35. Lacking interest or significance
Parameter
Polymer
jejune
deciduous
36. Needless repetion of an idea
Orthography
Obsequious
Tautology
fiduciary
37. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree
filibuster
Lugubrious
Thermodynamics
incognito
38. (adj) shedding leaves annually
Supercilious
kinetic
deciduous
gerrymander
39. (n) microscopic - rod-shaped - in nucleus of cell - responsible for transmission of hereditary characteristics
kowtow
chromosone
Vehement
Supercilious
40. (n) roundabout way of speaking - using more words than necessary
Thermodynamics
circumlocution
Sanguine
feckless
41. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
Soliloguy
Recapitulate
Abstemious
Plasma
42. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
Omnipotent
Recapitulate
Yeoman
Nihilism
43. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination
lexicon
Abjure
Nonsectarian
Abstemious
44. Whirling mass of movment
gamete
Vortex
expurgate
Totalitarian
45. Promising success
Auspicious
kowtow
Parameter
laissez-faire
46. Of the same kind
Taxonomy
facetious
homogeneous
Precipitous
47. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice
hemoglobin
hubris
Mitosis
Reparation
48. 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
Nihilism
churlish
Mitosis
49. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
Sanguine
filibuster
Nanotechnology
fiduciary
50. Sythesis of complex organic materials
Usurp
equinox
fatuous
Photosynthesis