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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. (v) to fly or sail around






2. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






4. The liquid part of blood or lymph






5. Humorous - not meant seriously






6. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






8. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






10. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






11. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






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






14. Before or exisiting before a war.






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Lacking interest or significance






20. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






21. The official currency of the European Union






22. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






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






26. Technigue of classification






27. (adj) rude - boorish






28. Full of trivial conversation






29. Showing strong feeling






30. A compound of high molecular weight






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






32. Sythesis of complex organic materials






33. Keen - insight - shrewdness






34. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






35. The act of talking while or as if alone






36. Excessively flattering






37. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






39. (adj) shedding leaves annually






40. Not open to question or dispute






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






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






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






44. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public






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






46. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






47. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc






48. Violent commotion






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






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