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n. a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

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a. harmful to living things, causing harm or damage

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n. 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

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v. divide unfairly and to one's advantage, of voting districts

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n. the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others

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n. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

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a. lacking in nutritive value, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

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a. excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal

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v. authenticate as a notary, acknowledge or attest as a notary public

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n. a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers