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| not self-indulgent, esp. eating or drinking |
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| the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions |
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| occurring or existing before a particular war |
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| conducive to success; favorable |
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| fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict |
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| demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight |
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| remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), esp. with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective |
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| the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose |
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| a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes. |
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| rude in a mean-spirited and surly way |
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| the use of many words where fewer would do, esp. in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive |
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| sail all the way around (something, esp. the world). |
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| shedding its leaves annually |
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| modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence |
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| cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken |
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| give the right to vote to |
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| a moment of sudden revelation or insight |
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| the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, day and night equal length |
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| soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing |
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| remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account) |
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| treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. |
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| (of a person) lacking in efficiency or vitality |
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| involving trust, esp. with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary |
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| a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures |
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| a mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote |
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| lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward |
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| manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class. |
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| leadership or dominance, esp. by one country or social group over other |
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| a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates |
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| excessive pride or self-confidence |
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| the longest side of a right triangle, opposite the right angle |
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| call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice) |
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| not able to be denied or disputed |
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| instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction |
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| organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society |
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| insert (something) between fixed points |
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| the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite |
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| naive, simplistic, and superficial |
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| of, relating to, or resulting from motion |
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| kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of Chinese custom |
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| a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering |
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| the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge |
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| looking or sounding sad and dismal |
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| the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages |
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| a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus |
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| each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided |
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| the branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers, esp. the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules |
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| the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless |
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| the devising or choosing of names for things, esp. in a science or other discipline |
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| not involving or relating to a specific religious sect or political group |
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| have (a document) legalized by a notary (contract drawer) |
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| obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree |
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| a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution |
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| (of a deity) having unlimited power; able to do anything |
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| the conventional spelling system of a language |
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| combine or become combined chemically with oxygen |
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| The path of a projectile under the influence of gravity ideally follows a curve of this U-shape |
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| a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles |
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| a numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation |
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| of, relating to, or consisting of money |
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| the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water |
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| take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own |
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| the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended |
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| a substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together |
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| dangerously high or steep |
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| a massive and extremely remote celestial object, emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy |
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| of or occurring every day; daily |
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| summarize and state again the main points of |
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| given, felt, or done in return |
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| the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged |
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| an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play |
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| bring under domination or control, esp. by conquest |
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| a person advocating the extension of the right to vote, esp. to women |
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| behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others |
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| the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style |
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| the branch of science concerned with classification |
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| of or relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes that take place within |
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| characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion |
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| the branch of physical science that deals with the relations between heat and all other forms of energy |
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| of or relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state |
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| (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily |
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| take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force |
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| having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless |
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| showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense |
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| a mass of whirling fluid or air, esp. a whirlpool or whirlwind |
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| blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the husks/seeds |
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| activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result |
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| intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries, racism |
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| a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder |
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| (in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple |
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