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






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






4. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






5. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






7. Humorous - not meant seriously






8. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






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






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






12. The liquid part of blood or lymph






13. (adj) rude - boorish






14. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






16. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






18. Technigue of classification






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






20. Lacking interest or significance






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 formally charge a public official with misconduct in office






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






24. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






26. Of or pertaining to money






27. A language user's knowledge of words






28. 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






29. A compound of high molecular weight






30. To seperate






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






32. The act of talking while or as if alone






33. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






34. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






36. Leadership






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






38. Supplying motive force






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






40. (v) to set free or endow






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






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






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






44. Full of trivial conversation






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






46. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






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






49. Before or exisiting before a war.






50. Not open to question or dispute