100 word test review 1-100 Creaser Snyder Flashcards

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