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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes






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






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






4. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






6. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






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






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






10. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






11. Leadership






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






13. (v) to set free or endow






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






15. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






16. A half






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






18. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






20. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






21. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






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






25. The official currency of the European Union






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






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






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






29. Whirling mass of movment






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






31. Worked to shape by beating






32. 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






33. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






35. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians






36. To bring under complete control






37. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






38. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






39. Before or exisiting before a war.






40. (adj) rude - boorish






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






42. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling






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






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






45. Promising success






46. To seperate






47. Violent commotion






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






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






50. 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