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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen






2. (v) to fly or sail around






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






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






5. Technigue of classification






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






7. (adj) shedding leaves annually






8. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






10. (v) to set free or endow






11. (adj) rude - boorish






12. Not open to question or dispute






13. Complacently or inanely foolish






14. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






15. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






16. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






17. Showing strong feeling






18. A half






19. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






21. Keen - insight - shrewdness






22. Before or exisiting before a war.






23. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






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






26. Having ones identity concealed






27. To show to be false






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






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






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






31. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






32. Lacking interest or significance






33. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






34. Promising success






35. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






37. The official currency of the European Union






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






39. Humorous - not meant seriously






40. Full of trivial conversation






41. Supplying motive force






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






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






44. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






45. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






47. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






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






50. Excessively flattering