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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling






2. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination






3. Worked to shape by beating






4. Violent commotion






5. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






6. Sythesis of complex organic materials






7. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






8. Showing a lack of intelligence






9. To take and use ideas from another's work






10. Having ones identity concealed






11. The official currency of the European Union






12. Form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique






13. (adj) shedding leaves annually






14. A compound of high molecular weight






15. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






16. Excessive pride or self confidence






17. (v) to set free or endow






18. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes






19. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary






20. Excessively flattering






21. The basic structure or features of a system or organization






22. An advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage






23. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color






24. To bring under complete control






25. (v) to fly or sail around






26. An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)






27. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






28. (n) roundabout way of speaking - using more words than necessary






29. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)






30. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






31. Careless or irresponsible






32. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






33. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






34. To abolish by formal orr official means.






35. Keen - insight - shrewdness






36. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






37. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen






38. Leadership






39. Supplying motive force






40. A display in fixed arrangement of a set (boy - boy's - boys - boys'): an example serving as a model






41. Technigue of classification






42. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle






43. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch






44. Full of trivial conversation






45. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable






46. Of or pertaining to money






47. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






48. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office






49. Plane curve formed by the intersection of right circular cone with plane parallel to a generator of the cone






50. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning