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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A language user's knowledge of words






2. Whirling mass of movment






3. Worked to shape by beating






4. (v) to set free or endow






5. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






6. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






8. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






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






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






12. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






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






15. To show to be false






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






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






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






19. Showing strong feeling






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






21. The official currency of the European Union






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






23. 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






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






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






26. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






27. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






28. 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






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






30. Full of trivial conversation






31. Sythesis of complex organic materials






32. (v) to fly or sail around






33. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






35. (adj) rude - boorish






36. Complacently or inanely foolish






37. (adj) shedding leaves annually






38. (v) to deprive of force or strength






39. To seperate






40. A half






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Of the same kind






49. The act of talking while or as if alone






50. Needless repetion of an idea