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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Showing a lack of intelligence






2. (v) to fly or sail around






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






4. To show to be false






5. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






6. Violent commotion






7. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






9. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






10. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






12. Of the same kind






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






14. Excessive pride or self confidence






15. A half






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






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






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






19. Excessively flattering






20. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






22. Showing strong feeling






23. The official currency of the European Union






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






25. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing






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






27. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






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






30. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






32. To bring under complete control






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






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






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






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






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






38. Technigue of classification






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






40. Keen - insight - shrewdness






41. Supplying motive force






42. (v) to deprive of force or strength






43. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






46. Careless or irresponsible






47. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






49. A language user's knowledge of words






50. (v) to set free or endow