| Term | Definition |
|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish |
| feckless | generally incompetent and ineffectual |
| fiduciary | person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary |
| filibuster | a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches |
| gamete | a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes |
| gauche | lacking social polish |
| gerrymander | an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage) |
| hegemony | the domination of one state over its allies |
| hemoglobin | a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color |
| homogeneous | all of the same or similar kind or nature |
| hubris | overbearing pride or presumption |
| hypotenuse | the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle |
| impeach | bring an accusation against, legal process to formally charge the president with misconduct in office |
| incognito | without revealing one's identity |
| incontrovertible | necessarily or demonstrably true |
| inculcate | teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| infrastructure | the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area |
| interpolate | insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby |
| irony | incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs |
| jejune | displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
| kinetic | supplying motive force, characterized by motion |
| kowtow | try to gain favor by cringing or flattering |
| laissez faire | the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs |
| lexicon | a language user's knowledge of words |
| loquacious | full of trivial conversation |
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