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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing






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






3. Having ones identity concealed






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






5. A half






6. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






7. The official currency of the European Union






8. Supplying motive force






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






10. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






11. Inclined or eager to fight.






12. Technigue of classification






13. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






14. Showing strong feeling






15. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






18. Worked to shape by beating






19. Whirling mass of movment






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






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






22. Of the same kind






23. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






25. Needless repetion of an idea






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






27. Leadership






28. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






30. Not open to question or dispute






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






32. Full of trivial conversation






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






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






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






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






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






38. Before or exisiting before a war.






39. Of or pertaining to money






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






41. To show to be false






42. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. Complacently or inanely foolish






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







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