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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. (adj) harmful [to health]






2. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






3. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






5. The official currency of the European Union






6. 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






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






8. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






10. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






11. Keen - insight - shrewdness






12. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






14. Whirling mass of movment






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






16. (v) to set free or endow






17. To show to be false






18. Full of trivial conversation






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






20. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






21. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






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






24. Violent commotion






25. A compound of high molecular weight






26. To abolish by formal orr official means.






27. (v) to fly or sail around






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






29. Of or pertaining to money






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






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






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






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






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






35. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination






36. Vanishing






37. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






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






40. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






42. Promising success






43. Showing strong feeling






44. Humorous - not meant seriously






45. To seperate






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






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






48. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






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