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1. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
Taxonomy
Yeoman
interpolate
Recapitulate
2. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy
Reparation
kowtow
Plasma
Thermodynamics
3. Full of trivial conversation
interpolate
Respiration
loquacious
Mitosis
4. To renouce - repudiate - or react.
loquacious
Abjure
Mitosis
equinox
5. (adj) harmful [to health]
Belie
deleterious
expurgate
kowtow
6. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
jejune
equinox
laissez-faire
Omnipotent
7. Having ones identity concealed
incognito
Omnipotent
diffident
Reparation
8. Not open to question or dispute
incontrovertible
Oligarchy
irony
infrastructure
9. Showing strong feeling
gerrymander
laissez-faire
Vehement
Wrought
10. 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
Photosynthesis
Mitosis
Tempestuous
Vaccuous
11. Sythesis of complex organic materials
Photosynthesis
Notarize
Parameter
Nonsectarian
12. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
Supercilious
evanescent
Ziggurat
Taxonomy
13. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice
Respiration
Subjugate
Vehement
Reparation
14. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion
Totalitarian
Thermodynamics
kowtow
Nihilism
15. (v) to fly or sail around
churlish
Soliloguy
circumnaviagte
Tectonic
16. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
Vortex
infrastructure
Usurp
enervate
17. Supplying motive force
circumnaviagte
kinetic
equinox
deciduous
18. Of or pertaining to money
fiduciary
deciduous
Pecuniary
filibuster
19. To impress on the mind by repetition - teach persistently and earnestly
Parameter
Vehement
inculcate
deciduous
20. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
fiduciary
Recapitulate
Orthography
gauche
21. Whirling mass of movment
Taxonomy
Vortex
Suffragist
Oxidize
22. To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse - purify
Abrogate
gamete
expurgate
Xenophobe
23. To bring under complete control
Nanotechnology
chromosone
Ziggurat
Subjugate
24. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable
Vortex
Bowdlerize
Totalitarian
Chicanery
25. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid
Parameter
diffident
Xenophobe
Antebellum
26. (v) to deprive of force or strength
incontrovertible
enervate
enfranchise
epiphany
27. (adj) shedding leaves annually
Winnow
deciduous
Nomenclature
Chicanery
28. Complacently or inanely foolish
fatuous
Soliloguy
Chicanery
Subjugate
29. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
feckless
Tectonic
Taxonomy
Quotidian
30. A display in fixed arrangement of a set (boy - boy's - boys - boys'): an example serving as a model
Tempestuous
Paradigm
Moiety
fiduciary
31. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy
Pecuniary
homogeneous
Tautology
gauche
32. Needless repetion of an idea
lexicon
Tautology
Plasma
evanescent
33. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
Oxidize
lexicon
circumnaviagte
Mitosis
34. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
Respiration
fiduciary
Abstemious
Abjure
35. Excessively flattering
Pecuniary
fatuous
Uncouous
Suffragist
36. Humorous - not meant seriously
lexicon
equinox
Uncouous
facetious
37. 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
Ziggurat
Obsequious
Nanotechnology
Vaccuous
38. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
Notarize
hemoglobin
Quasar
inculcate
39. Leadership
hegemony
Plagiarize
Metamorphosis
expurgate
40. A language user's knowledge of words
deciduous
hypotenuse
lexicon
Uncouous
41. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling
hubris
equinox
Orthography
Reparation
42. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
Abstemious
hemoglobin
Recapitulate
kinetic
43. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
circumnaviagte
enervate
Oligarchy
irony
44. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)
Suffragist
Tectonic
fatuous
chromosone
45. Careless or irresponsible
feckless
gamete
Xenophobe
Reparation
46. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous
Mitosis
Supercilious
Lugubrious
Usurp
47. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
Bellicose
hemoglobin
gamete
Ziggurat
48. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies
Precipitous
circumnaviagte
kinetic
loquacious
49. Technigue of classification
deciduous
lexicon
Taxonomy
filibuster
50. (n) roundabout way of speaking - using more words than necessary
circumlocution
irony
jejune
fatuous