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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

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Self - revealing monologue

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Subjugate

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Bring under domination or control

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Suffragist

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An advocate for the right to vote

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Supercilious

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Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

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Tautology

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The saying of the same thing twice in different words

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Taxonomy

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Thr branch of science concerned with classification

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Tectonic

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Of or relating to the structure of the earth’s crust

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Tempestuous

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Characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion

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Thermodynamics

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The branch of physical science that deals with heat and other forms of energy

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Totalitarian

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Controlling the freedom, will, or thought of others

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Unctuous

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Oily, greasy

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Usurp

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Take a position of power or important illegally or by force

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Vacuous

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Lacking ideas or intelligence ; mindless

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Vehement

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Showing strong feeling, forceful , passionate , intense

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Vortex

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Whirling mass of air , water, fire, energy

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Winnon

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To separate by fanning , blowing wind

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Wroght

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Beaten out or shaped by hammering

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Xenophobe

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A person who fears or gates foreign people or things

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Yeoman

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A worker , manual laborer

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Ziggurat

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Ancient Mesopotamian , pyramid- like structure

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Aesthetic

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Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

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Peruse

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To look at or read something in an informal or relaxed way

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Feign

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To pretend , to fake

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Verbiage

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Speech or writing that uses too many words or excessively technical expressions

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Mundane

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Lacking intersects , excitement

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Effervescent

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Bubbly or fizzy , enthusiastic

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Harbinger

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Messenger with news of the future

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Petrichor

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Earthy smell

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Serendipity

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Finding something nice while looking for something else

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Emollient

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A softener , softens or smooths skin

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Gregarious

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Sociable , live in flock of animals, grow in clusters plants

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Dichotomy

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A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different

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Waft

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Gentle movement of air

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Bourgeois

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Of or characteristic of the middle class , typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes

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Misnomer

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A wrong or inaccurate name , designation , or use of a word

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Tenacity

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Quality of persistence, holding together firmly

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Pavlovian

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being or expressing a condition or predictable reaction

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