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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office






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






3. Excessive pride or self confidence






4. Leadership






5. (v) to fly or sail around






6. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






7. A technology executed on the scale of less than 100 nanometers - the goal of which is to control individual atoms and molecules - especially to create computer chips and other microscopic devices






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






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






10. A language user's knowledge of words






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






12. The liquid part of blood or lymph






13. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






15. Of the same kind






16. A compound of high molecular weight






17. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






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






20. 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






21. Having ones identity concealed






22. To seperate






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






24. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






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






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






28. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






29. (v) to set free or endow






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






31. Needless repetion of an idea






32. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






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






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






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






37. Inclined or eager to fight.






38. Showing strong feeling






39. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






40. Full of trivial conversation






41. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






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






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






45. Showing a lack of intelligence






46. Keen - insight - shrewdness






47. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






49. To bring under complete control






50. Careless or irresponsible