Voc Flashcards

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Nihilism

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Rejection of all religious and moral principles

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Nanotechnology

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Branch of tech. That deals gerenal lay with the manipulation of individual atoms & molecules

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Oligarchy

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Small group of people having control of a country , organization , institution

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Omnipotent

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Having unlimited power

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Orthography

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The spelling system of a language

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Oxidize

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To combine or become combined chemically with oxygen ( to rust)

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Parabola

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a U-shape mathematical curve

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Mitosis

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Cell division resulting in chromosomes

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Moiety

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A part or portion

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Paradigm

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Typical example or pattern of something , a model

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Parameter

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A rule or limit that controls what something is or how something
Should be done

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Pecuniary

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Of ,relating to , or consisting of money

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Recapitulate

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To summarize and restate have said or seen

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Reciprocal

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Mutual , done in return

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Photosynthesis

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Process by which green plants convert CO2 into oxygen

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Plagiarize

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To take someone else work and making it yours

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Plasma

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Clear, yellowish fluid component of blood

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Polymer

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A strong compound with competing small molecules

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Precipitous

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Dangerously high or steep

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Quasar

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A massive and extremely remote celestial object

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Quotidian

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Ordinary

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Reparation

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The making of amends for a wrong one has done

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Respiration

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The action of breathing

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully optimistic ; blood red in color

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Soliloquy
Self - revealing monologue
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Subjugate
Bring under domination or control
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Suffragist
An advocate for the right to vote
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Supercilious
Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
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Tautology
The saying of the same thing twice in different words
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Taxonomy
Thr branch of science concerned with classification
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Tectonic
Of or relating to the structure of the earth's crust
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Tempestuous
Characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion
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Thermodynamics
The branch of physical science that deals with heat and other forms of energy
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Totalitarian
Controlling the freedom, will, or thought of others
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Unctuous
Oily, greasy
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Usurp
Take a position of power or important illegally or by force
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Vacuous
Lacking ideas or intelligence ; mindless
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Vehement
Showing strong feeling, forceful , passionate , intense
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Vortex
Whirling mass of air , water, fire, energy
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Winnon
To separate by fanning , blowing wind
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Wroght
Beaten out or shaped by hammering
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Xenophobe
A person who fears or gates foreign people or things
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Yeoman
A worker , manual laborer
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Ziggurat
Ancient Mesopotamian , pyramid- like structure
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Aesthetic
Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
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Peruse
To look at or read something in an informal or relaxed way
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Feign
To pretend , to fake
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Verbiage
Speech or writing that uses too many words or excessively technical expressions
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Mundane
Lacking intersects , excitement
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Effervescent
Bubbly or fizzy , enthusiastic
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Harbinger
Messenger with news of the future
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Petrichor
Earthy smell
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Serendipity
Finding something nice while looking for something else
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Emollient
A softener , softens or smooths skin
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Gregarious
Sociable , live in flock of animals, grow in clusters plants
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Dichotomy
A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different
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Waft
Gentle movement of air
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Bourgeois
Of or characteristic of the middle class , typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes
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Misnomer
A wrong or inaccurate name , designation , or use of a word
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Tenacity
Quality of persistence, holding together firmly
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Pavlovian
being or expressing a condition or predictable reaction