Science and the Social Sciences

Question 1

Catalyst

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in chemistry, a catalyst speeds things up

Question 2

Caustic

Answer 2

picture a stick with a caution sign on it
caution + stick

Question 3

Crystallize

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rock candy is made by crystalizing water with sugar in it

Question 4

Osmosis

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osmosis = water spreading to one side of the membrane to the other

Question 5

Sedentary

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(adj.) settled and therefore accustomed to sitting or doing little exercise

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Virulent

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(adj. ) infectious, malignant, or poisonous

(adj. ) language that is bitterly hostile, hateful, and antagonistic

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Empirical

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(adj.) guided by direct observation and experience, not theory

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Entomology

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(n.) the scientific study of insects

Question 9

Gestate

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(v. ) in science, to carry within the uterus from conception to delivery
(v. ) to conceive and develop in the mind

Question 10

Paradigm

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(n.) in science, a paradigm is a framework or model of thought

Question 11

Entrepreneur

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(n.) a person who organizes and manages a business or enterprise

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Lucrative

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(adj.) very profitable

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Extravagant

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(adj.) lacking restraint in spending money or using resources

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Avarice

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(n.) extreme greed for wealth or material gain

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Glut

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(n.) a surplus

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Plethora

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(n.) a surplus

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Surfeit

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(n.) a surplus

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Destitute

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(adj.) very poor

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Impoverished

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(adj.) very poor

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Indigent

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(adj.) very poor

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Affluent

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(adj.) very wealthy

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Opulent

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(adj.) very wealthy

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Munificient

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(adj.) very generous

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Parsimonious

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(adj.) excessively cheap with money; stingy

Question 25

Depreciation

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(n.) any decrease or loss in value caused by age, wear, or market conditions

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Remunerate

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(v.) to compensate; to make payment for; to pay a person

Question 27

Accord

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(n.) a formal agreement

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Enlighten

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(v.) to inform, instruct, illuminate, and thus remove darkness and ignorance

Question 29

Appeasement

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(n.) the policy of granting concessions to maintain peace

Question 30

Nullify

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(v.) to make null; declare invalid

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Triumvirate

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(n.) a group or association of three leaders

Question 32

Pretext

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(n.) an excuse; an alleged cause

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Watershed

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(n.) critical point that marks a change of course; a turning point

Question 34

Consensus

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(n.) a general agreement

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Autocrat

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(n.) a ruler having unlimited power

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Despot

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(n.) a ruler having unlimited power

Question 37

Manifesto

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(n.) a public declaration of beliefs, policies, or intentions

Question 38

Enfranchise

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(v.) to receive the right to vote

Question 39

Disenfranchise

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(v.) to lose the right to vote

Question 40

Coerce

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(v.) to force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or torture; to compel

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Egalitarian

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(n.) favoring social equality; belief in a society in which all people have equal political, economic, and civil rights

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Demarcation

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(n.) the setting of marking of boundaries or limits as a line of demarcation

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Inquisition

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(n.) a severe interrogation; a systematic questioning

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Amerliorate

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(v.) to make a situation better

Question 45

Exacerbate

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(v.) to make a situation worse

Question 46

Contigous

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(adj.) sharing an edge or boundary; touching

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Desiccate

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(adj.) thoroughly dried out; lifeless; totally arid

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Pertinent

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(adj.) relevant; to the point; a clear illustration of a major point

Question 49

Complicity

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(n.) association or participation in a wrongful act

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Exonerate

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(v.) to free from guilt or blame

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Exculpate

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(v.) to free from guilt or blame

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Indisputable

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(adj.) not open to question; undeniable; irrefutable

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Precedent

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(n.) an act or instance that is used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances

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Unprecedented

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(adj.) without previous example; an unprecedented event has never happened before

Question 55

Malfeasance

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(n.) misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official