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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The time when day and night are of equal length






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






3. Of the same kind






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






5. Vanishing






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






7. (v) to fly or sail around






8. Leadership






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






10. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






11. A compound of high molecular weight






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






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






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






15. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






16. Showing a lack of intelligence






17. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






19. Having ones identity concealed






20. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






21. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






22. Before or exisiting before a war.






23. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






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






26. Needless repetion of an idea






27. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






29. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






31. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






33. Violent commotion






34. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






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






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






39. Whirling mass of movment






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






41. Inclined or eager to fight.






42. Plane curve formed by the intersection of right circular cone with plane parallel to a generator of the cone






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






44. Of or pertaining to money






45. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






48. Not open to question or dispute






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






50. Promising success