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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. Lacking interest or significance






2. Showing strong feeling






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






4. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






5. Showing a lack of intelligence






6. (adj) rude - boorish






7. A compound of high molecular weight






8. Needless repetion of an idea






9. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






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






13. The liquid part of blood or lymph






14. Technigue of classification






15. (v) to fly or sail around






16. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






17. Of the same kind






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






19. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






21. The official currency of the European Union






22. Not open to question or dispute






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






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






25. Violent commotion






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






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






28. Inclined or eager to fight.






29. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






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






32. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






34. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






36. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






37. The act of talking while or as if alone






38. Worked to shape by beating






39. Leadership






40. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






41. Promising success






42. Supplying motive force






43. Humorous - not meant seriously






44. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






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






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






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






50. Having ones identity concealed