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100 Words For Every Graduate

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






2. Full of trivial conversation






3. Violent commotion






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






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






6. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Leadership






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






14. Complacently or inanely foolish






15. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






16. The act of talking while or as if alone






17. Vanishing






18. (n) roundabout way of speaking - using more words than necessary






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






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






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






22. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






25. Promising success






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






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






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






29. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






31. Lacking interest or significance






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






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






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






35. (adj) rude - boorish






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






37. A language user's knowledge of words






38. Humorous - not meant seriously






39. 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






40. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






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






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






44. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






46. Showing strong feeling






47. (adj) shedding leaves annually






48. Technigue of classification






49. (adj) harmful [to health]






50. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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