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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. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






3. Inclined or eager to fight.






4. (v) to deprive of force or strength






5. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






6. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






8. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






10. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






11. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians






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






13. Of the same kind






14. Technigue of classification






15. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






16. Violent commotion






17. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






19. To seperate






20. Promising success






21. The act of talking while or as if alone






22. To take and use ideas from another's work






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






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






33. Having ones identity concealed






34. Worked to shape by beating






35. Showing strong feeling






36. Keen - insight - shrewdness






37. (v) to fly or sail around






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






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






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






41. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






43. Of or pertaining to money






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






45. (adj) rude - boorish






46. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






47. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






48. 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






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






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