Vocab 3

an extremely distant celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of the entire Milky Way galaxy

• quasar

• quotidian

• lugubrious

• nantotechnology

• moiety

government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families

• lugubrious

• precipitous

• orthography

• mitosis

• oligarchy

the process of cell division by which the nucleus divides

• photosynthesis

• metamorphosis

• mitosis

• lugubrious

• obsequious

to increase the positive charge of an element by removing electrons

• photosynthesis

• metamorphosis

• mitosis

• oxidize

• obsequious

any of numerous natural or synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of repeated linked units, each a relatively light and simple molecule

• nonsectarian

• moiety

• lugubrious

• paradigm

• polymer

one of a set of independent variables that express the coordinates of a point

• parameter

• paradigm

• parabola

• paralegal

• parrot

mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggeration or ludicrous degree

• obsequious

• lugubrious

• nonsectarian

• omnipotent

• orthography

a half

• nonsectarian

• moiety

• lugubrious

• paradigm

• polymer

an extreme form of skepticism that denies that existence is real

• nihilism

• nonsectarian

• precipitous

• lugubrious

• quasar

full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning

• obsequious

• lugubrious

• nonsectarian

• omnipotent

• orthography