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1. Complacently or inanely foolish
Lugubrious
Antebellum
Abrogate
fatuous
2. Of the same kind
kowtow
gauche
jejune
homogeneous
3. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
hypotenuse
hemoglobin
Nihilism
incognito
4. Not open to question or dispute
loquacious
Yeoman
lexicon
incontrovertible
5. (adj) shedding leaves annually
Plasma
deciduous
incontrovertible
incognito
6. To show to be false
euro
Belie
hubris
diffident
7. Careless or irresponsible
Quotidian
Usurp
feckless
inculcate
8. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies
incontrovertible
Sanguine
enervate
Precipitous
9. A half
incognito
Suffragist
Moiety
hegemony
10. To abolish by formal orr official means.
Abrogate
Omnipotent
Mitosis
Subjugate
11. A display in fixed arrangement of a set (boy - boy's - boys - boys'): an example serving as a model
Ziggurat
Bowdlerize
Paradigm
Quotidian
12. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
Recapitulate
Ziggurat
Respiration
infrastructure
13. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
fiduciary
feckless
Totalitarian
Xenophobe
14. (v) to set free or endow
enfranchise
hypotenuse
Nanotechnology
deleterious
15. Showing strong feeling
Antebellum
Vehement
Winnow
Sanguine
16. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
interpolate
Oligarchy
kowtow
Nonsectarian
17. (v) to deprive of force or strength
gauche
Moiety
enervate
Uncouous
18. Almighty or infinite in power - as God
Omnipotent
gauche
Oxidize
Xenophobe
19. Promising success
gamete
Auspicious
Pecuniary
kinetic
20. To seperate
Winnow
Notarize
Lugubrious
inculcate
21. Worked to shape by beating
Wrought
Nomenclature
gauche
fatuous
22. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something
Xenophobe
epiphany
incontrovertible
Pecuniary
23. Excessive pride or self confidence
Subjugate
Acumen
hubris
fatuous
24. To renouce - repudiate - or react.
Abjure
epiphany
equinox
Xenophobe
25. Leadership
hegemony
Soliloguy
Antebellum
Paradigm
26. Violent commotion
facetious
chromosone
Tempestuous
equinox
27. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
diffident
Plagiarize
Nomenclature
fiduciary
28. To impress on the mind by repetition - teach persistently and earnestly
inculcate
deciduous
Reparation
Nomenclature
29. Having ones identity concealed
Abstemious
incognito
Soliloguy
Orthography
30. The basic structure or features of a system or organization
Bowdlerize
Lugubrious
Parameter
infrastructure
31. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
euro
lexicon
gamete
Tautology
32. Humorous - not meant seriously
Photosynthesis
facetious
Totalitarian
fiduciary
33. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous
deciduous
Winnow
fatuous
Supercilious
34. One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects - Starlike in apperance - Having spectra with characteristically large red shifts
Quasar
Oxidize
hubris
gamete
35. Form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique
Oligarchy
Quotidian
Plagiarize
Abstemious
36. 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
Auspicious
Recapitulate
Mitosis
Orthography
37. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
laissez-faire
Paradigm
Nihilism
Abjure
38. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
Respiration
loquacious
Ziggurat
Bowdlerize
39. An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
hubris
Vehement
gerrymander
Chicanery
40. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)
irony
Nihilism
Tectonic
epiphany
41. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
impeach
deleterious
Nihilism
loquacious
42. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
Quasar
homogeneous
Respiration
Parameter
43. Someone who hates or fears foreigners
Supercilious
facetious
incognito
Xenophobe
44. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
interpolate
Usurp
hemoglobin
Ziggurat
45. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination
incontrovertible
chromosone
Nonsectarian
gerrymander
46. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition
Sanguine
filibuster
Obsequious
Abstemious
47. (adj) harmful [to health]
filibuster
deleterious
epiphany
homogeneous
48. To bring under complete control
kowtow
churlish
Subjugate
diffident
49. (v) to fly or sail around
circumnaviagte
Precipitous
Moiety
Obsequious
50. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
Winnow
hemoglobin
filibuster
epiphany