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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. To show to be false






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






4. Keen - insight - shrewdness






5. The liquid part of blood or lymph






6. Humorous - not meant seriously






7. 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






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






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






10. Supplying motive force






11. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






12. Worked to shape by beating






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Excessive pride or self confidence






18. Of or pertaining to money






19. (v) to set free or endow






20. Needless repetion of an idea






21. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






22. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






28. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






29. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






30. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






31. Having ones identity concealed






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






33. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






35. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






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






38. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






39. Full of trivial conversation






40. (adj) rude - boorish






41. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






44. A language user's knowledge of words






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






46. Lacking interest or significance






47. (v) to deprive of force or strength






48. Not open to question or dispute






49. Promising success






50. Leadership