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1. (n) microscopic - rod-shaped - in nucleus of cell - responsible for transmission of hereditary characteristics
expurgate
lexicon
chromosone
Nonsectarian
2. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
enervate
Omnipotent
Respiration
Parabola
3. (adj) shedding leaves annually
Tectonic
deciduous
homogeneous
inculcate
4. Excessive pride or self confidence
hubris
gerrymander
gamete
Recapitulate
5. The basic structure or features of a system or organization
equinox
infrastructure
Plasma
Parabola
6. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
impeach
incontrovertible
fiduciary
hypotenuse
7. Humorous - not meant seriously
incognito
Reparation
filibuster
facetious
8. Whirling mass of movment
Metamorphosis
Vortex
Precipitous
Abjure
9. To seperate
evanescent
feckless
homogeneous
Winnow
10. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy
Mitosis
Usurp
gamete
Thermodynamics
11. Excessively flattering
Recapitulate
Uncouous
Mitosis
enervate
12. Vanishing
evanescent
enfranchise
hegemony
gamete
13. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
circumlocution
Parabola
Ziggurat
Nomenclature
14. (v) to fly or sail around
Xenophobe
deciduous
circumnaviagte
Mitosis
15. A compound of high molecular weight
Usurp
Metamorphosis
Polymer
Nihilism
16. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
impeach
equinox
Oligarchy
circumlocution
17. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.
irony
Abstemious
Obsequious
inculcate
18. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree
Lugubrious
Supercilious
Nonsectarian
Obsequious
19. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
jejune
facetious
laissez-faire
Respiration
20. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
Chicanery
Oxidize
Vaccuous
Parabola
21. Worked to shape by beating
Polymer
incontrovertible
Precipitous
Wrought
22. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
Xenophobe
Quasar
Nonsectarian
Nomenclature
23. One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects - Starlike in apperance - Having spectra with characteristically large red shifts
Auspicious
jejune
Quasar
Parameter
24. Total rejection of established laws and institutions
fatuous
Plagiarize
Nihilism
Omnipotent
25. To bring under complete control
Subjugate
diffident
gamete
Abrogate
26. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc
hemoglobin
Yeoman
incognito
Metamorphosis
27. A language user's knowledge of words
Thermodynamics
lexicon
Respiration
Bowdlerize
28. Showing a lack of intelligence
Metamorphosis
enervate
Quasar
Vaccuous
29. Plane curve formed by the intersection of right circular cone with plane parallel to a generator of the cone
Parabola
Abrogate
Pecuniary
expurgate
30. An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
Uncouous
feckless
gerrymander
deleterious
31. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
Yeoman
circumlocution
Omnipotent
gerrymander
32. 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
Yeoman
Winnow
hemoglobin
Nanotechnology
33. Before or exisiting before a war.
Pecuniary
Nanotechnology
Antebellum
gamete
34. To abolish by formal orr official means.
Abrogate
Obsequious
hegemony
Winnow
35. To show to be false
Belie
Lugubrious
evanescent
interpolate
36. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public
Wrought
Abrogate
Notarize
expurgate
37. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy
gauche
enervate
euro
Vehement
38. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
hemoglobin
deciduous
enervate
Uncouous
39. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable
Bowdlerize
Polymer
equinox
Thermodynamics
40. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion
Notarize
Totalitarian
Bellicose
irony
41. To take and use ideas from another's work
kowtow
Plagiarize
deciduous
Precipitous
42. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
Bellicose
Reparation
fiduciary
Parabola
43. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination
lexicon
kinetic
Nonsectarian
churlish
44. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition
facetious
Sanguine
equinox
inculcate
45. Of the same kind
Recapitulate
Acumen
homogeneous
incognito
46. Needless repetion of an idea
gerrymander
Winnow
Thermodynamics
Tautology
47. Careless or irresponsible
feckless
Photosynthesis
Soliloguy
inculcate
48. A half
inculcate
Moiety
facetious
Belie
49. Leadership
enervate
equinox
loquacious
hegemony
50. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
churlish
Quotidian
deleterious
Supercilious