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100 Words For Every Graduate
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english
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1. The act of talking while or as if alone
Acumen
Soliloguy
churlish
Oxidize
2. Having ones identity concealed
Lugubrious
Sanguine
incognito
infrastructure
3. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
Vortex
impeach
Nomenclature
Paradigm
4. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
Suffragist
Lugubrious
Oxidize
deciduous
5. Of or pertaining to money
Pecuniary
Suffragist
feckless
Antebellum
6. Excessively flattering
Uncouous
gauche
Quasar
fatuous
7. 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
Uncouous
lexicon
Mitosis
gamete
8. To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse - purify
expurgate
laissez-faire
fiduciary
Quasar
9. Form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique
Xenophobe
circumnaviagte
lexicon
Oligarchy
10. The basic structure or features of a system or organization
Polymer
Plasma
enervate
infrastructure
11. Almighty or infinite in power - as God
Taxonomy
Abjure
Omnipotent
Tectonic
12. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination
hegemony
hypotenuse
Reparation
Nonsectarian
13. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
Acumen
Vehement
hypotenuse
Notarize
14. Full of trivial conversation
Notarize
diffident
loquacious
circumlocution
15. Whirling mass of movment
Suffragist
Omnipotent
Vortex
deciduous
16. An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
gerrymander
enfranchise
Nonsectarian
irony
17. Technigue of classification
Antebellum
Taxonomy
Tautology
loquacious
18. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition
Soliloguy
Chicanery
impeach
Sanguine
19. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.
Abstemious
Obsequious
chromosone
Yeoman
20. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
Usurp
Chicanery
Obsequious
filibuster
21. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby
Nomenclature
Respiration
interpolate
hegemony
22. To show to be false
expurgate
Oxidize
Belie
Soliloguy
23. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
Oligarchy
Tectonic
Ziggurat
facetious
24. Careless or irresponsible
feckless
incognito
Bellicose
Vortex
25. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling
Orthography
Thermodynamics
Abjure
Reparation
26. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
Plasma
impeach
Obsequious
Moiety
27. Inclined or eager to fight.
Notarize
Bellicose
infrastructure
Polymer
28. Not open to question or dispute
irony
Lugubrious
lexicon
incontrovertible
29. Plane curve formed by the intersection of right circular cone with plane parallel to a generator of the cone
evanescent
Chicanery
Yeoman
Parabola
30. Humorous - not meant seriously
filibuster
euro
facetious
jejune
31. Needless repetion of an idea
gerrymander
Tautology
irony
Tectonic
32. Supplying motive force
Usurp
kinetic
Vaccuous
Omnipotent
33. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid
Mitosis
Winnow
diffident
Antebellum
34. (v) to fly or sail around
circumnaviagte
homogeneous
irony
Mitosis
35. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
Recapitulate
Ziggurat
churlish
Polymer
36. A half
impeach
Moiety
Ziggurat
Metamorphosis
37. To impress on the mind by repetition - teach persistently and earnestly
Ziggurat
inculcate
impeach
Tautology
38. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.
hegemony
Chicanery
interpolate
epiphany
39. Excessive pride or self confidence
hubris
Totalitarian
Quotidian
inculcate
40. (adj) shedding leaves annually
facetious
Tectonic
feckless
deciduous
41. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public
deleterious
Notarize
Lugubrious
Omnipotent
42. Leadership
Nanotechnology
Bowdlerize
circumnaviagte
hegemony
43. Complacently or inanely foolish
fatuous
interpolate
feckless
Recapitulate
44. (n) roundabout way of speaking - using more words than necessary
Polymer
Plagiarize
circumlocution
Orthography
45. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies
hemoglobin
Precipitous
fiduciary
enervate
46. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy
gauche
Nihilism
Quotidian
Abjure
47. A display in fixed arrangement of a set (boy - boy's - boys - boys'): an example serving as a model
hegemony
Paradigm
Taxonomy
enfranchise
48. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines
Nonsectarian
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Parameter
49. The liquid part of blood or lymph
gerrymander
Oxidize
euro
Plasma
50. A language user's knowledge of words
Acumen
impeach
Yeoman
lexicon