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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Plane curve formed by the intersection of right circular cone with plane parallel to a generator of the cone






2. Needless repetion of an idea






3. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






4. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






6. Leadership






7. Careless or irresponsible






8. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






10. Supplying motive force






11. Technigue of classification






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






13. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






14. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






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






17. Keen - insight - shrewdness






18. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






20. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






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






23. Excessive pride or self confidence






24. The official currency of the European Union






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






26. Not open to question or dispute






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






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






29. Having ones identity concealed






30. A half






31. Violent commotion






32. Of the same kind






33. Worked to shape by beating






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






35. Showing a lack of intelligence






36. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office






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






38. Vanishing






39. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






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






42. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






44. To abolish by formal orr official means.






45. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






46. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






48. Promising success






49. Full of trivial conversation






50. (adj) rude - boorish