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1. Vanishing
Oligarchy
irony
enervate
evanescent
2. To bring under complete control
Vehement
deciduous
Subjugate
Suffragist
3. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree
Lugubrious
hemoglobin
Soliloguy
diffident
4. Almighty or infinite in power - as God
facetious
infrastructure
Usurp
Omnipotent
5. Violent commotion
Oxidize
equinox
incognito
Tempestuous
6. Whirling mass of movment
Plasma
Abjure
Vortex
Acumen
7. Humorous - not meant seriously
infrastructure
Bellicose
deciduous
facetious
8. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
Ziggurat
irony
filibuster
expurgate
9. 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
kowtow
circumlocution
loquacious
Mitosis
10. Keen - insight - shrewdness
epiphany
Chicanery
Acumen
Abstemious
11. Of the same kind
incontrovertible
homogeneous
Usurp
Supercilious
12. A language user's knowledge of words
Wrought
lexicon
feckless
Belie
13. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
Sanguine
Acumen
Usurp
Quasar
14. Before or exisiting before a war.
Belie
Reparation
hegemony
Antebellum
15. To seperate
Winnow
gamete
Metamorphosis
chromosone
16. (adj) shedding leaves annually
facetious
Notarize
Usurp
deciduous
17. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
hemoglobin
Xenophobe
Quotidian
evanescent
18. Technigue of classification
Precipitous
gerrymander
irony
Taxonomy
19. To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse - purify
expurgate
gerrymander
Suffragist
kinetic
20. 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
Taxonomy
Nanotechnology
Abrogate
Subjugate
21. Supplying motive force
kinetic
Polymer
kowtow
Totalitarian
22. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
infrastructure
gerrymander
kowtow
laissez-faire
23. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
Thermodynamics
hemoglobin
kinetic
Nihilism
24. To show to be false
Usurp
Belie
Orthography
Omnipotent
25. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition
Sanguine
Chicanery
incognito
Wrought
26. Lacking interest or significance
Thermodynamics
kinetic
Parameter
jejune
27. Plane curve formed by the intersection of right circular cone with plane parallel to a generator of the cone
filibuster
Parabola
Quasar
Xenophobe
28. Of or pertaining to money
Yeoman
Xenophobe
Pecuniary
Recapitulate
29. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
Totalitarian
Obsequious
Vehement
Ziggurat
30. Careless or irresponsible
Omnipotent
feckless
Oxidize
kinetic
31. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
fiduciary
filibuster
Tectonic
Respiration
32. (v) to deprive of force or strength
Nanotechnology
Wrought
enervate
fiduciary
33. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines
Subjugate
Auspicious
Abjure
Parameter
34. Showing strong feeling
Vehement
Supercilious
Polymer
Winnow
35. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
enervate
filibuster
feckless
kowtow
36. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling
hypotenuse
diffident
Oligarchy
Orthography
37. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
Nihilism
Wrought
Recapitulate
incontrovertible
38. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion
equinox
Notarize
Abrogate
Totalitarian
39. (n) microscopic - rod-shaped - in nucleus of cell - responsible for transmission of hereditary characteristics
chromosone
Supercilious
lexicon
churlish
40. Leadership
hegemony
Obsequious
incontrovertible
hypotenuse
41. The act of talking while or as if alone
Abstemious
Nihilism
evanescent
Soliloguy
42. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy
Vehement
gauche
Orthography
Bowdlerize
43. Total rejection of established laws and institutions
Nihilism
churlish
chromosone
Totalitarian
44. To take and use ideas from another's work
Parabola
Plagiarize
Mitosis
Notarize
45. Sythesis of complex organic materials
filibuster
Quotidian
Photosynthesis
Sanguine
46. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public
hemoglobin
Nonsectarian
Notarize
Tectonic
47. Needless repetion of an idea
Suffragist
Supercilious
filibuster
Tautology
48. (adj) harmful [to health]
Bowdlerize
deleterious
enfranchise
gamete
49. A compound of high molecular weight
Polymer
gamete
gauche
enfranchise
50. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice
Xenophobe
Antebellum
Reparation
Metamorphosis