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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Not open to question or dispute






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






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






4. Vanishing






5. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






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






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






9. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






10. Showing a lack of intelligence






11. Leadership






12. A compound of high molecular weight






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






14. A half






15. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






17. Careless or irresponsible






18. Of or pertaining to money






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






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






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






22. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






23. Worked to shape by beating






24. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






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






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






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






30. (v) to deprive of force or strength






31. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






32. Of the same kind






33. To seperate






34. Supplying motive force






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






36. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






37. (adj) shedding leaves annually






38. (v) to fly or sail around






39. 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






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






41. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






42. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






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






46. Having ones identity concealed






47. Whirling mass of movment






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 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