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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Needless repetion of an idea






2. To abolish by formal orr official means.






3. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning






4. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






5. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches






6. The time when day and night are of equal length






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






8. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






10. The official currency of the European Union






11. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition






12. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice






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






14. Not open to question or dispute






15. Complacently or inanely foolish






16. Lacking interest or significance






17. A technology executed on the scale of less than 100 nanometers - the goal of which is to control individual atoms and molecules - especially to create computer chips and other microscopic devices






18. (n) microscopic - rod-shaped - in nucleus of cell - responsible for transmission of hereditary characteristics






19. To bring under complete control






20. Showing a lack of intelligence






21. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc






22. To seperate






23. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






26. Humorous - not meant seriously






27. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






30. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






32. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






33. Vanishing






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






35. Excessively flattering






36. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






37. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






38. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






39. Sythesis of complex organic materials






40. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion






41. Supplying motive force






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






43. (v) to set free or endow






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






45. To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse - purify






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






47. Full of trivial conversation






48. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc






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






50. A half