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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc






2. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






3. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






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






7. Showing strong feeling






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






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






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






11. The act of talking while or as if alone






12. Worked to shape by beating






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






14. A half






15. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






16. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






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






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






20. To show to be false






21. Vanishing






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






23. Inclined or eager to fight.






24. Of the same kind






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






26. Full of trivial conversation






27. Before or exisiting before a war.






28. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






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






32. Careless or irresponsible






33. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






34. Supplying motive force






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






36. To seperate






37. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






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






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






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






42. Technigue of classification






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






44. Leadership






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






46. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






47. 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






48. A language user's knowledge of words






49. Humorous - not meant seriously






50. 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