80624300 | soliloquy | a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections | 0 | |
80624301 | subjugate | To conquer by force, bring under complete control | 1 | |
80624302 | suffragist | someone who campaigns for voting rights | 2 | |
80624303 | supercilious | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | 3 | |
80624304 | tautology | useless repetition | 4 | |
80624305 | taxonomy | a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc | 5 | |
80624306 | tectonic | pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust | 6 | |
80624307 | tempestuous | stormy, raging, furious | 7 | |
80624308 | thermodynamics | the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy | 8 | |
80624309 | totalitarian | a single party and leader who suppress all opposition and control all aspects of people's lives | 9 | |
80624310 | unctuous | exaggeratedly or insincerely polite | 10 | |
80624311 | usurp | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force | 11 | |
80624312 | vacuous | devoid of significance or point | 12 | |
80624313 | vehement | marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions | 13 | |
80624314 | vortex | a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides) | 14 | |
80624315 | winnow | sift; separate good parts from bad | 15 | |
80624316 | wrought | Put together, created, organized | 16 | |
80624317 | xenophobe | one unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin | 17 | |
80624318 | yeoman | man or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer | 18 | |
80624319 | ziggurat | a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | 19 | |
80624320 | oligarchy | a political system governed by a few people | 20 | |
80624321 | omnipotent | having unlimited power | 21 | |
80624322 | orthography | a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols, proper spelling | 22 | |
80624323 | oxidize | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen | 23 | |
80624324 | parabola | a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve | 24 | |
80624325 | paradigm | the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time | 25 | |
80624326 | parameter | any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance | 26 | |
80624327 | pecuniary | relating to or involving money | 27 | |
80624328 | photosynthesis | process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches | 28 | |
80624329 | plagiarize | Use ideas or writings of another and present them as one's own | 29 | |
80624330 | plasma | the liquid part of blood or (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors | 30 | |
80624331 | polymer | A long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together. | 31 | |
80624332 | precipitous | Very steep | 32 | |
80624333 | quasar | a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy | 33 | |
80624334 | quotidian | occurring daily; commonplace | 34 | |
80624335 | recapitulate | summarize briefly | 35 | |
80624336 | reciprocal | mutual; given and received in return; exchangeable; interacting | 36 | |
80624337 | reparation | compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury | 37 | |
80624338 | respiration | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation | 38 | |
80624339 | sanguine | inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life or confidently optimistic and cheerful | 39 | |
80624340 | inculcate | teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions | 40 | |
80624341 | infrastructure | the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization. | 41 | |
80624342 | interpolate | to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction | 42 | |
80624343 | irony | incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs | 43 | |
80624344 | jejune | displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; uninteresting | 44 | |
80624345 | kinetic | characterized by motion | 45 | |
80624346 | kowtow | try to gain favor by cringing or flattering | 46 | |
80624347 | laissez faire | the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs | 47 | |
80624348 | lexicon | a language user's knowledge of words, dictionary | 48 | |
80624349 | loquacious | talkative | 49 | |
80624350 | lugubrious | excessively mournful | 50 | |
80624351 | metamorphosis | a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances | 51 | |
80624352 | mitosis | cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes | 52 | |
80624353 | moiety | one of two (approximately) equal parts | 53 | |
80624354 | nanotechnology | the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules) | 54 | |
80624355 | nihilism | the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; total rejection of religious or moral beliefs | 55 | |
80624356 | nomenclature | technical names or naming system in an art or science | 56 | |
80624357 | nonsectarian | not restricted to one sect or school or party | 57 | |
80624358 | notarize | to certify legally | 58 | |
80624359 | obsequious | attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | 59 | |
80624360 | abjure | to renounce | 60 | |
80624361 | abrogate | to abolish, usually by authority | 61 | |
80624362 | abstemious | sparing or moderate, especially in eating and drinking | 62 | |
80624363 | acumen | keen insight; shrewdness | 63 | |
80624364 | antebellum | belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War | 64 | |
80624365 | auspicious | favorable; fortunate | 65 | |
80624366 | belie | contradict; give a false impression | 66 | |
80624367 | bellicose | warlike in nature | 67 | |
80624368 | bowdlerize | to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. | 68 | |
80624369 | chicanery | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | 69 | |
80624370 | chromosome | a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order | 70 | |
80624371 | churlish | boorish; rude | 71 | |
80624372 | circumlocution | an indirect way of expressing something | 72 | |
80624373 | circumnavigate | travel around, either by plane or ship | 73 | |
80624374 | deciduous | Trees and shrubs that shed their leaves at the end of the growing season | 74 | |
80624375 | deleterious | harmful to living things | 75 | |
80624376 | diffident | lacking self-confidence | 76 | |
80624377 | enervate | weaken mentally or morally | 77 | |
80624378 | enfranchise | grant voting rights | 78 | |
80624379 | epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight | 79 | |
80624380 | equinox | period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn | 80 | |
80624381 | euro | the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); a small red, kangeroo also known as a wallaroo | 81 | |
80624382 | evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor | 82 | |
80624383 | expurgate | to censor | 83 | |
80624384 | facetious | humorous, not meant seriously | 84 | |
80624385 | fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish | 85 | |
80624386 | feckless | generally incompetent and ineffectual | 86 | |
80624387 | fiduciary | A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary | 87 | |
80624388 | filibuster | a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches | 88 | |
80624389 | gamete | a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes | 89 | |
80624390 | gauche | awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy | 90 | |
80624391 | gerrymander | To draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections | 91 | |
80624392 | hegemony | the domination of one state over its allies | 92 | |
80624393 | hemoglobin | iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen for delivery to cells | 93 | |
80624394 | homogeneous | of the same kind; uniform in composition throughout | 94 | |
80624395 | hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence | 95 | |
80624396 | hypotenuse | the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle | 96 | |
80624397 | impeach | charge with an offense or misdemeanor | 97 | |
80624398 | incognito | without revealing one's identity | 98 | |
80624399 | incontrovertible | impossible to deny or disprove | 99 |
100 word test review 1-100 Creaser Snyder Flashcards
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