100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know (Part 2)

excessively mournful

striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

the process by which a cell divides into two smaller cells

one of two approximately equal parts

engineering dealing with things smaller than 100 nanometers

complete denial of established authority and institutions

a system of words used to name things in a discipline

not restricted to one school or party

authenticate by someone empowered to witness signatures

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

a political system governed by a few people

having unlimited power

representing the sounds of a language by written symbols

enter into a combination with oxygen

a curve formed by an object thrown in the air and falling

a standard or typical example

a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied

relating to or involving money

synthesis of compounds in plants aided by radiant energy

take without referencing from someone's writing or speech

the watery fluid in which blood cells are suspended

a naturally occurring or synthetic compound

extremely steep

a starlike object that may send out radio waves

found in the ordinary course of events

summarize briefly

concerning each of two or more persons or things

something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

a single complete act of breathing in and out

confidently optimistic and cheerful

speech you make to yourself

make subservient; force to submit or subdue

an advocate of the extension of voting rights

having or showing arrogant superiority to

useless repetition

a classification of organisms based on similarities

pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust

characterized by violent emotions or behavior

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

of a government with an authority exerting absolute control

unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating

seize and take control without authority

devoid of matter

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions

a powerful circular current of water

the act of separating grain from chaff

shaped to fit by altering the contours of a pliable mass

a fear of foreigners or strangers

a free man who owns his own farm

a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound