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evanescent 
1
 | overbearing pride or presumption, excessive pride or self-confidence |
| attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
| tending to vanish like vapor, soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing |
| not involving or relating to different religious sects or political groups |
fatuous
2
| challenge the honesty or veracity of, bring an accusation against; level a charge against |
| involving trust, referring to paper currency depending on securities for its value |
| a powerful circular current of water, the shape of something rotating rapidly |
| devoid of intelligence, silly and pointless |
gamete
3
| involving trust, referring to paper currency depending on securities for its value |
| a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes |
| necessarily or demonstrably true, impossible to deny or disprove |
| a blood-red color, confidently optimistic and cheerful |
gerrymander
4
| having a bad disposition, rude in a mean-spirited and surly way |
| represent falsely, be in contradiction with |
| divide unfairly and to one's advantage, of voting districts |
| the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells are suspended |
hemoglobin
5
| the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others |
| excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal |
| function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues |
| attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
kowtow
6
| necessarily or demonstrably true, impossible to deny or disprove |
| full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative |
| try to gain favor by cringing or flattering |
| having or showing a ready disposition to fight |
loquacious
7
| the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules) |
| tending to vanish like vapor, soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing |
| full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative |
| having or showing a ready disposition to fight |
notarize
8
| authenticate as a notary, acknowledge or attest as a notary public |
| the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells are suspended |
| a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers |
| done with very great haste and without due deliberation, extremely steep |
oligarchy
9
| shedding foliage at the end of the growing season, being shed at the end of a period of growth |
| type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus |
| excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal |
| a political system governed by a few people |
omnipotent
10
| a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft |
| having unlimited power, having virtually unlimited authority or influence |
| the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells are suspended |
| excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal |