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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. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force






2. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






3. Of the same kind






4. Promising success






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






6. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






7. A compound of high molecular weight






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






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






10. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






11. To bring under complete control






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






13. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






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






16. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






17. To show to be false






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






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






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






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






22. A language user's knowledge of words






23. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






25. Of or pertaining to money






26. To seperate






27. Excessively flattering






28. (adj) harmful [to health]






29. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






30. The official currency of the European Union






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






32. A half






33. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






34. Violent commotion






35. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






36. Supplying motive force






37. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






39. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






41. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






43. Showing a lack of intelligence






44. (v) to deprive of force or strength






45. Whirling mass of movment






46. Not open to question or dispute






47. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






48. (adj) rude - boorish






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






50. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.