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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. The official currency of the European Union






2. To abolish by formal orr official means.






3. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






4. (adj) harmful [to health]






5. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






7. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






8. Before or exisiting before a war.






9. Not open to question or dispute






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






11. Excessively flattering






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






13. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






15. Supplying motive force






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






17. Full of trivial conversation






18. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






19. Technigue of classification






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






21. Careless or irresponsible






22. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






24. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






27. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






29. Of or pertaining to money






30. A compound of high molecular weight






31. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






32. To show to be false






33. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






34. A half






35. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






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






38. 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






39. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






40. Complacently or inanely foolish






41. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






43. Sythesis of complex organic materials






44. Needless repetion of an idea






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






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






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






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






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






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