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auspicious 
1
 | repeat an earlier theme of a composition, repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life |
| auguring favorable circumstances and good luck |
| a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft |
| compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors, compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury |
bowdlerize
2
| a political system governed by a few people |
| edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
| shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort) |
| lacking in nutritive value, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
deleterious
3
| a political system governed by a few people |
| generally incompetent and ineffectual, not fit to assume responsibility |
| harmful to living things, causing harm or damage |
| a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft |
fiduciary
4
| revoke formally, repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement) |
| involving trust, referring to paper currency depending on securities for its value |
| estimate the value of, insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby |
| tending to vanish like vapor, soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing |
homogeneous
5
| all of the same or similar kind or nature |
| revoke formally, repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement) |
| harmful to living things, causing harm or damage |
| a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things, an indirect way of expressing something |
incognito
6
| with your identity concealed |
| unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech |
| excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal |
| devoid of intelligence, silly and pointless |
interpolate
7
| a political system governed by a few people |
| a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order |
| estimate the value of, insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby |
| marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently |
moiety
8
| one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe, one of two (approximately) equal parts |
| unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech |
| either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length |
| an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) |
nomenclature
9
| a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline |
| excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal |
| blow away or off with a current of air, separate the chaff from by using air currents |
| shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort) |
polymer
10
| massive and extremely remote celestial object |
| a political system governed by a few people |
| excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal |
| a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers |