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1. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
kowtow
chromosone
Vortex
Nomenclature
2. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
evanescent
Wrought
lexicon
Oxidize
3. Of the same kind
loquacious
Soliloguy
lexicon
homogeneous
4. 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
Nanotechnology
Yeoman
filibuster
hemoglobin
5. Inclined or eager to fight.
Totalitarian
hemoglobin
inculcate
Bellicose
6. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)
Suffragist
gauche
hubris
Tectonic
7. Violent commotion
fatuous
Uncouous
Tempestuous
Usurp
8. Technigue of classification
equinox
Metamorphosis
diffident
Taxonomy
9. Of or pertaining to money
Pecuniary
impeach
feckless
Wrought
10. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition
Orthography
Sanguine
Plagiarize
Bellicose
11. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
Totalitarian
Moiety
interpolate
Yeoman
12. The time when day and night are of equal length
Nonsectarian
Belie
Abrogate
equinox
13. To take and use ideas from another's work
filibuster
Plagiarize
Quotidian
loquacious
14. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
churlish
jejune
laissez-faire
fiduciary
15. Form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique
expurgate
loquacious
Oligarchy
laissez-faire
16. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy
incognito
Pecuniary
Tautology
Thermodynamics
17. A compound of high molecular weight
expurgate
Abrogate
Polymer
Vehement
18. Showing strong feeling
hubris
Soliloguy
Vehement
kowtow
19. Having ones identity concealed
incognito
churlish
gerrymander
Uncouous
20. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
Oligarchy
circumnaviagte
hemoglobin
Ziggurat
21. (v) to fly or sail around
circumnaviagte
Wrought
filibuster
incontrovertible
22. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.
Subjugate
Antebellum
Abstemious
Pecuniary
23. 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
Mitosis
Yeoman
Abstemious
Respiration
24. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree
Nanotechnology
Totalitarian
Lugubrious
hypotenuse
25. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies
Parabola
Vehement
Precipitous
kinetic
26. Before or exisiting before a war.
Antebellum
Acumen
Xenophobe
Wrought
27. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something
Tempestuous
Tautology
enervate
epiphany
28. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby
facetious
interpolate
Acumen
Metamorphosis
29. An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
Ziggurat
gerrymander
Nihilism
Moiety
30. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination
Nonsectarian
Nomenclature
Chicanery
homogeneous
31. Promising success
Nihilism
Tempestuous
Auspicious
irony
32. Worked to shape by beating
Wrought
Yeoman
Sanguine
Plasma
33. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion
Totalitarian
Soliloguy
incognito
Subjugate
34. To bring under complete control
Lugubrious
Subjugate
homogeneous
Moiety
35. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
laissez-faire
Nihilism
evanescent
Quasar
36. Total rejection of established laws and institutions
Oxidize
circumnaviagte
kowtow
Nihilism
37. (v) to deprive of force or strength
Tempestuous
enervate
jejune
lexicon
38. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc
filibuster
enervate
Thermodynamics
Metamorphosis
39. Showing a lack of intelligence
hypotenuse
Belie
Vaccuous
Pecuniary
40. Needless repetion of an idea
incontrovertible
Vehement
Tautology
Vaccuous
41. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice
Reparation
hypotenuse
Omnipotent
expurgate
42. Not open to question or dispute
Reparation
incontrovertible
circumlocution
churlish
43. The liquid part of blood or lymph
Plasma
Nonsectarian
infrastructure
Nomenclature
44. Excessively flattering
Uncouous
feckless
circumlocution
irony
45. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
Notarize
Tectonic
Taxonomy
Recapitulate
46. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling
Bowdlerize
Oxidize
Orthography
gamete
47. Whirling mass of movment
enfranchise
Ziggurat
Vortex
incognito
48. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
Yeoman
Suffragist
Obsequious
Thermodynamics
49. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public
Precipitous
hegemony
Notarize
Usurp
50. Lacking interest or significance
jejune
Moiety
gerrymander
Usurp