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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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1. The act of talking while or as if alone






2. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






4. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






5. (adj) rude - boorish






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






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






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






9. Humorous - not meant seriously






10. Worked to shape by beating






11. To show to be false






12. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






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






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






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






17. Violent commotion






18. A language user's knowledge of words






19. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






21. Vanishing






22. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






24. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






25. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






26. Inclined or eager to fight.






27. Leadership






28. Sythesis of complex organic materials






29. Supplying motive force






30. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






31. Needless repetion of an idea






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






33. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






35. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






36. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






37. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday






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






39. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






41. Showing strong feeling






42. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






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






46. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






49. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






50. Someone who hates or fears foreigners