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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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1. Supplying motive force






2. Excessively flattering






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






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






5. Worked to shape by beating






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






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






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






9. Complacently or inanely foolish






10. (adj) harmful [to health]






11. Whirling mass of movment






12. (v) to set free or endow






13. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






15. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






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






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






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






21. Violent commotion






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






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






24. Vanishing






25. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






26. To show to be false






27. A language user's knowledge of words






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






29. Promising success






30. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






31. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Having ones identity concealed






38. (adj) shedding leaves annually






39. Lacking interest or significance






40. Not open to question or dispute






41. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






42. Before or exisiting before a war.






43. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






45. Full of trivial conversation






46. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






48. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






50. Humorous - not meant seriously