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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






2. Inclined or eager to fight.






3. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






4. To impress on the mind by repetition - teach persistently and earnestly






5. Needless repetion of an idea






6. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public






7. A compound of high molecular weight






8. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






9. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






10. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






11. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






13. Lacking interest or significance






14. Technigue of classification






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






16. Worked to shape by beating






17. Before or exisiting before a war.






18. Supplying motive force






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






20. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






21. The liquid part of blood or lymph






22. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something






23. Having ones identity concealed






24. (adj) rude - boorish






25. The act of talking while or as if alone






26. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






28. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing






29. Promising success






30. (v) to set free or endow






31. (v) to fly or sail around






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






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






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






35. Leadership






36. The usual method of cell division - characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form - which condenses into chromosomes - each of which separates longitudinally into two parts - one part of each chromoso






37. A language user's knowledge of words






38. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday






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






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






41. Careless or irresponsible






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






43. Showing a lack of intelligence






44. One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects - Starlike in apperance - Having spectra with characteristically large red shifts






45. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






46. Vanishing






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






48. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






50. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize