underlying framework of a system

design of tiny (less than 100 nanometers) things

to copy another person's idea and claim as origina

having one's identity concealed

cell division resulting in two identical cells

•to certify a document with a signature

•Ancient Mesopotamian, pyramid-like structure

controlling the freedom, will or thought of others

•lacking ideas; unintelligent

official common currency of the EU

•distant yet high energy astronomical object

threadlike DNA-containing structure

•philosophical rejection of laws and institutions

the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

to weaken mentally or morally; lacking strength

•an advocate for the right to vote (especially for women)

study of how letters are arranged

•the study, technique of classification

male or female sexual reproductive cell

of the same kind; essentially alike

predominant influence of one entity over another

let the people do as they choose

day of equal day and night (March 22; September 21)

•clear, yellowish fluid component of blood

moderate in eating and drinking

excessive pride or self-confidence

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Infrastructure
dull; immature
talkative
underlying framework of a system
words to express the opposite of the literal meaning
2
Deleterious
sudden realization
to set free; to grant the right to vote
harmful to health
day of equal day and night (March 22; September 21)
3
nanotechnology
vocabulary of a language or people
having one's identity concealed
to act in a servile manner
design of tiny (less than 100 nanometers) things
4
Plagiarize
cheerfully optimistic; reddish
study of how letters are arranged
mutual
to copy another person's idea and claim as origina
5
incognito
to act in a servile manner
to insert something into the middle of a text
having one's identity concealed
complete change of substance or appearance
6
mitosis
cell division resulting in two identical cells
to act in a servile manner
an equal portion of something
let the people do as they choose
7
Notarize
•system of names used in a particular field or community
•to certify a document with a signature
•to combine with oxygen; to rust
•overly obedient or servile
8
Parabola
mathematical curve
limiting factor or boundary
a typical example
all-powerful
9
ziggurat
•Ancient Mesopotamian, pyramid-like structure
•self-revealing monologue delivered alone on stage
•the study, technique of classification
•self-revealing monologue delivered alone on stage
10
Chicanery
artful deception
lacking manner
to remove objectional content from a written work
lacking manner
11
totalitarian
to accuse a public official of misconduct
having one's identity concealed
controlling the freedom, will or thought of others
relating to motion
12
oligarchy
talkative
dull; immature
dismal
rule by few
13
Auspicious
promising success
indirect expression
lacking manner
artful deception
14
Omnipotent
all-powerful
involving money
process by which green plants convert CO2 into oxygen
mathematical curve
15
reciprocal
with conviction
needless repition of an idea, especially through words
controlling the freedom, will or thought of others
mutual
16
vacuous
•lacking ideas; unintelligent
•whirling mass of air, water, fire, or energy
•To separate chaff from grain or good from evil
•worked; produced by beating with a hammer
17
Euro
official common currency of the EU
foolish
to set free; to grant the right to vote
to weaken mentally or morally; lacking strength
18
Evanescent
without purpose
relating to finances
fading away
foolish
19
gauche
moderate in eating and drinking
involving money
lacking social grace
eager to fight
20
Quasar
•commonplace
•distant yet high energy astronomical object
•a worker or manual laborer
•strong compound with competing small molecules
21
Chromosome
threadlike DNA-containing structure
to travel around
artful deception
lacking manner
22
Nihilism
to certify a document with a signature
•philosophical rejection of laws and institutions
•not limited to a specific religious denomination
•system of names used in a particular field or community
23
Quotidian
a worker or manual laborer
commonplace
•a worker or manual laborer
breathing
24
recapitulate
to make submissive or servile
cheerfully optimistic; reddish
to restate briefly
stormy or turbulent
25
kowtow
cell division resulting in two identical cells
to act in a servile manner
vocabulary of a language or people
an equal portion of something
26
Yeoman
clear, yellowing fluid component of blood
distant, yet high energy astronomical object
breathing
a worker or manual laborer
27
hypotenuse
to act in a servile manner
vocabulary of a language or people
the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
let the people do as they choose
28
Pecuniary
a typical example
all-powerful
involving money
mathematical curve
29
tempestuous
stormy or turbulent
having one's identity concealed
relating to motion
to accuse a public official of misconduct
30
vehement
with conviction
to act in a servile manner
let the people do as they choose
relating to motion
31
Respiration
breathing
strong compound with competing small molecules
commonplace
repayment for damage, loss, or suffering
32
Enervate
sudden realization
to weaken mentally or morally; lacking strength
fading away
to remove objectionable content from written work
33
suffragist
•an advocate for the right to vote (especially for women)
•full of contempt or arrogance
•physics of energy
•the study, technique of classification
34
orthography
mutual
to restate briefly
excessive or careless
study of how letters are arranged
35
Jejune
dismal
rule by few
dull; immature
talkative
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Diffident
lacking self-confidence
fading away
sudden realization
official common currency of the EU
37
taxonomy
•full of contempt or arrogance
•the study, technique of classification
•self-revealing monologue delivered alone on stage
•the study, technique of classification
38
Circumnavigate
to travel around
shedding seasonally
to weaken mentally or morally; lacking strength
indirect expression
39
Gamete
oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells
of the same kind; essentially alike
excessive pride or self-confidence
male or female sexual reproductive cell
40
Facetious
to obstruct legislation, esp. by long speeches
without purpose
foolish
joking, often inappropriately
41
Homogeneous
excessive pride or self-confidence
words to express the opposite of the literal meaning
underlying framework of a system
of the same kind; essentially alike
42
Fiduciary
relating to finances
predominant influence of one entity over another
male or female sexual reproductive cell
to divide a region to favor a political party's votership
43
Paradigm
mathematical curve
involving money
a typical example
process by which green plants convert CO2 into oxygen
44
Hegemony
oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells
excessive pride or self-confidence
predominant influence of one entity over another
to divide a region to favor a political party's votership
45
Belie
artful deception
eager to fight
to be in contradiction with
to remove objectional content from a written work
46
laissez faire
complete change of substance or appearance
design of tiny (less than 100 nanometers) things
an equal portion of something
let the people do as they choose
47
Equinox
day of equal day and night (March 22; September 21)
official common currency of the EU
fading away
foolish
48
subjugate
stormy or turbulent
controlling the freedom, will or thought of others
with conviction
to make submissive or servile
49
Plasma
•breathing
distant yet high energy astronomical object
•strong compound with competing small molecules
•clear, yellowish fluid component of blood
50
Abstemious
moderate in eating and drinking
keen insight
to be in contradiction with
promising success
51
Hubris
not open to question
of the same kind; essentially alike
excessive pride or self-confidence
to teach by repetition
52
Bellicose
eager to fight
artful deception
lacking manner
threadlike DNA-containing structure
53
xenophobe
person who fears or hates foreign people or things
•the study, technique of classification
•distant yet high energy astronomical object
•repayment for damage, loss, or suffering
54
sanguine
controlling the freedom, will or thought of others
cheerfully optimistic; reddish
with conviction
stormy or turbulent
55
tautology
to accuse a public official of misconduct
with conviction
having one's identity concealed
needless repition of an idea, especially through words
56
precipitous
needless repition of an idea, especially through words
stormy or turbulent
excessive or careless
to make submissive or servile
57
vortex
•worked; produced by beating with a hammer
•To separate chaff from grain or good from evil
•lacking ideas; unintelligent
•whirling mass of air, water, fire, or energy
58
Lugubrious
study of how letters are arranged
to copy another person's idea and claim as original
rule by few
dismal
59
Enfranchise
to set free; to grant the right to vote
joking, often inappropriately
to remove objectionable content from written work
foolish
60
Hemoglobin
oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells
underlying framework of a system
excessive pride or self-confidence
eousof the same kind; essentially alike
61
Irony
talkative
to teach by repetition
dismal
words to express the opposite of the literal meaning
62
Bowdlerize
to be in contradiction with
threadlike DNA-containing structure
to remove objectional content from a written work
indirect expression
63
Inculcate
excessive pride or self-confidence
to teach by repetition
dull; immature
not open to question
64
interpolate
to insert something into the middle of a text
an equal portion of something
design of tiny (less than 100 nanometers) things
cell division resulting in two identical cells
65
Polymer
•breathing
•a worker or manual laborer
•repayment for damage, loss, or suffering
•strong compound with competing small molecules
66
wrought
•whirling mass of air, water, fire, or energy
•worked; produced by beating with a hammer
•to seize and hold without legal right
•lacking ideas; unintelligent
67
Feckless
joking, often inappropriately
without purpose
to obstruct legislation, esp. by long speeches
foolish
68
Nonsectarian
•overly obedient or servile
•to combine with oxygen; to rust
not limited to a specific religious denomination
•system of names used in a particular field or community
69
Epiphany
foolish
fading away
day of equal day and night (March 22; September 21)
sudden realization
70
Filibuster
predominant influence of one entity over another
to obstruct legislation, esp. by long speeches
to divide a region to favor a political party's votership
relating to finances
71
Incontrovertible
to teach by repetition
underlying framework of a system
dull; immature
not open to question
72
Gerrymander
to obstruct legislation, esp. by long speeches
to divide a region to favor a political party's votership;
without purpose
predominant influence of one nation over another
73
Deciduous
sudden realization
lacking self-confidence
day of equal day and night (March 22; September 21)
shedding seasonally
74
Oxidize
•to certify a document with a signature
•overly obedient or servile
•to combine with oxygen; to rust
•to certify a document with a signature
75
kinetic
vocabulary of a language or people
cell division resulting in two identical cells
relating to motion
to insert something into the middle of a text
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metamorphosis
controlling the freedom, will or thought of others
to accuse a public official of misconduct
with conviction
complete change of substance or appearance
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Loquacious
talkative
rule by few
dismal
study of how letters are arranged
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soliloquy
•Ancient Mesopotamian, pyramid-like structure
•of or pertaining to structure
•an advocate for the right to vote (especially for women)
•self-revealing monologue delivered alone on stage
79
impeach
vocabulary of a language or people
let the people do as they choose
complete change of substance or appearance
to accuse a public official of misconduct
80
tectonic
•the study, technique of classification
•full of contempt or arrogance
•physics of energy
•of or pertaining to structure
81
usurp
•to seize and hold without legal right
person who fears or hates foreign people or things
•lacking ideas; unintelligent
•greasy; insincerely pious or moralistic
82
lexicon
design of tiny (less than 100 nanometers) things
let the people do as they choose
relating to motion
vocabulary of a language or people
83
Acumen
to be in contradiction with
eager to fight
keen insight
moderate in eating and drinking
84
Photosynthesis
•process by which green plants convert CO2 into oxygen
•involving money
•all-powerful
•limiting factor or boundary
85
thermodynamics
•the study, technique of classification
•self-revealing monologue delivered alone on stage
•physics of energy
•full of contempt or arrogance
86
Parameter
all-powerful
limiting factor or boundary
a typical example
involving money
87
moiety
to insert something into the middle of a text
complete change of substance or appearance
cell division resulting in two identical cells
an equal portion of something
88
unctuous
•lacking ideas; unintelligent
person who fears or hates foreign people or things
•to seize and hold without legal right
•greasy; insincerely pious or moralistic
89
Circumlocution
to travel around
harmful to health
indirect expression
lacking self-confidence
90
Nomenclature
•system of names used in a particular field or community
not limited to a specific religious denomination
•overly obedient or servile
•to combine with oxygen; to rust
91
Abjure
to formally reject a belief
moderate in eating and drinking
before the war (especially the American civil war)
keen insight
92
supercilious
•Ancient Mesopotamian, pyramid-like structure
•full of contempt or arrogance
•the study, technique of classification
•physics of energy
93
winnow
•To separate chaff from grain or good from evil
•to seize and hold without legal right
•lacking ideas; unintelligent
person who fears or hates foreign people or things
94
Abrogate
keen insight
to formally abolish
before the war (especially the American civil war)
moderate in eating and drinking
95
Obsequious
•to certify a document with a signature
•to combine with oxygen; to rust
•overly obedient or servile
•system of names used in a particular field or community
96
Reparation
breathing
repayment for damage, loss, or suffering
•a worker or manual laborer
commonplace
97
Antebellum
to be in contradiction with
eager to fight
before the war (especially the American civil war)
to remove objectional content from a written work
98
Fatuous
to remove objectionable content from written work
foolish
fading away
joking, often inappropriately
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Churlish
to weaken mentally or morally; lacking strength
lacking self-confidence
lacking manner
shedding seasonally
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Expurgate
fading away
without purpose
to remove objectionable content from written work
foolish

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