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Abjure
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To Denounce
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Abrogate
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To do away with
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abstemious
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To do things in moderation
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Acumen
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To Make Smart Judgements
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Antebellum
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Old before the Civil War
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auspicious
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succesful, maked by success
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belie
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to misrepresent
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bellicose
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hostile
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bowderlize
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to get rid of something offensive
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chicanery
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trickery
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chromosome
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a stand of dna that carries genes
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churlish
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to be vulgar
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circumlocution
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to not get to the point when speaking
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circumnavigate
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to get around
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deciduous
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losing its leaves
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deleterious
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having a harmful effect
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diffident
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lacks cofidence/shy
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enervate
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to weaken
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enfranchise
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to give the rights of citzenship
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epiphany
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revelation
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Equinox
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The two times in the year that the sun crosses the equator
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Euro
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European Money
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Evanescent
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likely to vanish
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Expurgate
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vulgar
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Facetiuos
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Funny
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Fatuous
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Silly
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Feckless
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Lacks purpose
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Fiduciary
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holding something of value for something else
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Filibuster
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interfering in voting
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Gamete
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a reproductive cell
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Gauche
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tactless; lacking social grace
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Gerrymander
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to divide an area into voting districts, where one area has advantages
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Hegemony
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the influence of a state, region, or group over many matters
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Hemoglobin
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the iron-containing pigment in red blood cells
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Homogeneous
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all the same
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Hubis
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arrogance/overbearing pride
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Hypotenuse
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the side of a triangle opposite the right angle
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Impeach
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to accuse an office of improper conduct
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incognito
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undercover
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incontrovertible
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impossible to dispute
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inculcate
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to impress something on someone by frequent repition
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infrastructure
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services and facilities that help a community function
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interpolate
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to between between two things
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irony
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something that happens the opposite of what you expect
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jejune
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boring/dull
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kinetic
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the energy in motion
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kowtow
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spirtual/worship where you touch your head to the ground
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laissezfaire
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economic term that opposes government regulation of a free enterprise
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lexicon
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dictonary
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loquacious
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talkative
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lugubrious
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dismal
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metamorphisis
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change in appearance
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mitosis
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division of cells
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moiety
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your part of something
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nanotechnology
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design of tiny technology
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nihilism
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when you deny that the laws of anything apply to you
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nomenclature
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taxonomy.... categorizing by name
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nonsectiorian
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not limited to a specific denomination
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notarize
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to certify a document
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obsequious
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overly obident
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oligarchy
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government by a few
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omnipotent
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unlimited universal power
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orthography
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the study of spelling
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oxidize
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to combine with oxygen
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paradigm
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pattern or model
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parameter
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constant in an equation
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Pecuniary
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another term for financial
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Photosynthesis
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process by which green plants
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Plagarize
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to copy and pass off work as one's own
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plasma
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clea, yellowish fluid
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polymer
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a natural or synthetic compound
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precipitous
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extremely steep
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quasar
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powerful celestrial object stronger than the milky way
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quotidan
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ordinary
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recapitulate
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to repeat in concise form
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reciprocal
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given and given back
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repartion
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to make amends
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respiration
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process of breathing in and out
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sanguine
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cheerful, optimistic
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solioquy
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speaking to the audience on stage as if actor was alone
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subjugate
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to conquer
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suffragist
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an advocate for women's to right
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supercilious
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snotty dislike
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tautology
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repetition of the same thing over
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taxonomy
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classifciation of living systems
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tectonic
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geological forces that move the earth's crust
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tempestuous
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display of violent emotions
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thermodynamics
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relationship between heat and energy
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totalitarian
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complete control of the government over everything
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unctuous
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exaggerated insincerely
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usurp
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to seize and hold
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vacusous
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empty space lacking intellegence
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vehement
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intense expression or emotion
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vortex
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a hole that sucks everything into its center
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winnow
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to seperate by air/blows away
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wrough
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man made iron
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xenophobe
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fear of strangers
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yeoman
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an attendent at a noble house
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ziggurat
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an ancient pyramid of Babylonians and Assyrians
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