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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects - Starlike in apperance - Having spectra with characteristically large red shifts






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






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






4. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






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






8. Worked to shape by beating






9. Supplying motive force






10. Lacking interest or significance






11. Violent commotion






12. Showing strong feeling






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






14. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






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






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






18. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






19. Technigue of classification






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






21. Before or exisiting before a war.






22. (v) to fly or sail around






23. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






24. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






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






27. (adj) shedding leaves annually






28. Of the same kind






29. Vanishing






30. Complacently or inanely foolish






31. To show to be false






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






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






34. (v) to deprive of force or strength






35. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






36. Not open to question or dispute






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






38. Of or pertaining to money






39. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






41. The act of talking while or as if alone






42. Full of trivial conversation






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






44. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






46. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






47. 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






48. The official currency of the European Union






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






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