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1. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy
Moiety
Polymer
Precipitous
Thermodynamics
2. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
Recapitulate
Nihilism
Soliloguy
Oxidize
3. Lacking interest or significance
equinox
jejune
Notarize
Taxonomy
4. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies
Precipitous
Taxonomy
Metamorphosis
Xenophobe
5. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling
filibuster
Nanotechnology
Orthography
loquacious
6. Excessively flattering
fatuous
Uncouous
Vaccuous
Bowdlerize
7. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
hypotenuse
Nomenclature
kinetic
Vaccuous
8. Promising success
Thermodynamics
Bellicose
Reparation
Auspicious
9. The official currency of the European Union
diffident
Xenophobe
euro
hemoglobin
10. A display in fixed arrangement of a set (boy - boy's - boys - boys'): an example serving as a model
Notarize
Paradigm
hypotenuse
Uncouous
11. Keen - insight - shrewdness
hegemony
Acumen
Bowdlerize
expurgate
12. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
Belie
loquacious
Taxonomy
Yeoman
13. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)
Thermodynamics
Abstemious
loquacious
Tectonic
14. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice
Reparation
Bellicose
Subjugate
kowtow
15. A compound of high molecular weight
Oxidize
Chicanery
Mitosis
Polymer
16. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion
Mitosis
Totalitarian
fatuous
inculcate
17. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition
Ziggurat
Mitosis
Bellicose
Sanguine
18. The time when day and night are of equal length
jejune
Tautology
Lugubrious
equinox
19. (adj) rude - boorish
churlish
Parameter
Parabola
Paradigm
20. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
Obsequious
jejune
Acumen
equinox
21. Humorous - not meant seriously
hypotenuse
Winnow
facetious
Photosynthesis
22. Not open to question or dispute
incontrovertible
Soliloguy
fiduciary
Photosynthesis
23. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
kinetic
kowtow
Moiety
deleterious
24. The basic structure or features of a system or organization
circumnaviagte
Quasar
filibuster
infrastructure
25. Supplying motive force
Metamorphosis
Photosynthesis
kinetic
Abrogate
26. Excessive pride or self confidence
hubris
Metamorphosis
Suffragist
euro
27. A half
Uncouous
Moiety
Pecuniary
Notarize
28. Violent commotion
Soliloguy
Totalitarian
Tempestuous
chromosone
29. To take and use ideas from another's work
Plagiarize
Vortex
Nonsectarian
churlish
30. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy
lexicon
Sanguine
gauche
fiduciary
31. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
Reparation
Sanguine
enfranchise
hemoglobin
32. The act of talking while or as if alone
Soliloguy
Abrogate
infrastructure
gauche
33. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
Orthography
Bellicose
Ziggurat
Abjure
34. Of or pertaining to money
Pecuniary
Metamorphosis
Supercilious
Sanguine
35. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something
Respiration
epiphany
Tectonic
gamete
36. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
Precipitous
Oxidize
churlish
Winnow
37. Leadership
Totalitarian
Mitosis
hegemony
Polymer
38. Whirling mass of movment
Vortex
deleterious
irony
fiduciary
39. To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse - purify
diffident
expurgate
Abrogate
Parabola
40. (n) microscopic - rod-shaped - in nucleus of cell - responsible for transmission of hereditary characteristics
Quasar
Metamorphosis
gerrymander
chromosone
41. Of the same kind
Abjure
Oxidize
homogeneous
Notarize
42. Sythesis of complex organic materials
euro
Photosynthesis
Polymer
Bowdlerize
43. Showing a lack of intelligence
Vaccuous
Supercilious
Orthography
Paradigm
44. Technigue of classification
gauche
Suffragist
kowtow
Taxonomy
45. (adj) shedding leaves annually
Abstemious
deciduous
Omnipotent
Abrogate
46. 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
Reparation
hegemony
Nanotechnology
Vaccuous
47. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
laissez-faire
Abrogate
Quotidian
hemoglobin
48. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree
Tautology
hubris
Lugubrious
Sanguine
49. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
Usurp
Vehement
laissez-faire
Antebellum
50. Full of trivial conversation
loquacious
Yeoman
Abstemious
incognito