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the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

weaken mentally or morally, disturb the composure of

estimate the value of, insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

harmful to living things, causing harm or damage

grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude, grant voting rights

a powerful circular current of water, the shape of something rotating rapidly

any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

tending to vanish like vapor, soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing

with your identity concealed

shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

shedding foliage at the end of the growing season, being shed at the end of a period of growth

any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

involving trust, referring to paper currency depending on securities for its value

a political system governed by a few people

a divine manifestation, twelve days after Christmas

shrewdness shown by keen insight, a tapering point

blow away or off with a current of air, separate the chaff from by using air currents

estimate the value of, insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

with your identity concealed

weaken mentally or morally, disturb the composure of

compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors, compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal

showing modest reserve, lacking self-confidence

estimate the value of, insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

showing modest reserve, lacking self-confidence

an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)

type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus

auguring favorable circumstances and good luck

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy, expressive of contempt

devoid of intelligence, silly and pointless

the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

showing modest reserve, lacking self-confidence

synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants)

the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy

the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells are suspended

repeat an earlier theme of a composition, repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal

a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things, an indirect way of expressing something

revoke formally, repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)