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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






2. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






4. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






7. The liquid part of blood or lymph






8. Not open to question or dispute






9. The official currency of the European Union






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






11. Of or pertaining to money






12. The act of talking while or as if alone






13. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






15. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






16. A half






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






18. Careless or irresponsible






19. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






20. A language user's knowledge of words






21. Supplying motive force






22. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






23. Before or exisiting before a war.






24. Of the same kind






25. A compound of high molecular weight






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






27. (adj) harmful [to health]






28. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling






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






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






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






32. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






33. To seperate






34. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






36. Humorous - not meant seriously






37. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






39. To show to be false






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






41. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






43. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






45. Sythesis of complex organic materials






46. Vanishing






47. Worked to shape by beating






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






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






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