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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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1. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






4. Full of trivial conversation






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






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






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






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






9. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






10. Vanishing






11. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






14. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






16. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






17. Having ones identity concealed






18. Excessive pride or self confidence






19. The act of talking while or as if alone






20. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






27. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






28. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






29. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






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






32. A half






33. To abolish by formal orr official means.






34. A language user's knowledge of words






35. Promising success






36. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






37. To show to be false






38. A compound of high molecular weight






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






40. Technigue of classification






41. Excessively flattering






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






43. To seperate






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






45. 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






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






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






48. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






50. (v) to fly or sail around