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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch






2. To seperate






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






4. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






6. To bring under complete control






7. Showing a lack of intelligence






8. Keen - insight - shrewdness






9. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy






10. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






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






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






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






15. Promising success






16. A half






17. Full of trivial conversation






18. Not open to question or dispute






19. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






20. Whirling mass of movment






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






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






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






24. Vanishing






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






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






27. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs






28. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force






29. Careless or irresponsible






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






31. (adj) harmful [to health]






32. Sythesis of complex organic materials






33. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






34. Before or exisiting before a war.






35. (adj) shedding leaves annually






36. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






37. (adj) rude - boorish






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






39. The official currency of the European Union






40. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






41. The liquid part of blood or lymph






42. Worked to shape by beating






43. Of or pertaining to money






44. Excessively flattering






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






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






47. 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






48. Humorous - not meant seriously






49. 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






50. A compound of high molecular weight