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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






2. A half






3. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






4. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches






5. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






7. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






8. A compound of high molecular weight






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






10. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






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






14. Technigue of classification






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






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






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






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






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






20. Not open to question or dispute






21. Showing a lack of intelligence






22. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






23. The act of talking while or as if alone






24. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






27. Keen - insight - shrewdness






28. A language user's knowledge of words






29. Lacking interest or significance






30. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






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






33. Having ones identity concealed






34. Sythesis of complex organic materials






35. Needless repetion of an idea






36. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






39. Full of trivial conversation






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






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






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






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






44. Vanishing






45. 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






46. Complacently or inanely foolish






47. Violent commotion






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






49. Of or pertaining to money






50. Promising success