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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






2. Supplying motive force






3. To bring under complete control






4. (adj) rude - boorish






5. (v) to deprive of force or strength






6. Not open to question or dispute






7. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






8. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






10. Full of trivial conversation






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






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






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






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






15. (v) to set free or endow






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






17. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc






18. (adj) shedding leaves annually






19. A technology executed on the scale of less than 100 nanometers - the goal of which is to control individual atoms and molecules - especially to create computer chips and other microscopic devices






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






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






22. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






23. Of the same kind






24. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






26. Promising success






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






28. Whirling mass of movment






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






30. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






31. Violent commotion






32. Vanishing






33. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






35. Leadership






36. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






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






39. A half






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






41. Showing strong feeling






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






43. To abolish by formal orr official means.






44. Excessively flattering






45. Lacking interest or significance






46. To show to be false






47. Needless repetion of an idea






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






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






50. Careless or irresponsible






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