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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. A half






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






3. To bring under complete control






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






5. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






6. The liquid part of blood or lymph






7. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






13. A compound of high molecular weight






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






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






16. Needless repetion of an idea






17. Of or pertaining to money






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






19. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






20. Excessively flattering






21. Before or exisiting before a war.






22. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






23. To show to be false






24. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






26. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






27. (v) to set free or endow






28. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






30. Showing a lack of intelligence






31. Having ones identity concealed






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






33. Leadership






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






35. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches






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






37. Humorous - not meant seriously






38. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice






39. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






40. To seperate






41. Promising success






42. Whirling mass of movment






43. Full of trivial conversation






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






45. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






46. Vanishing






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






48. Technigue of classification






49. The act of talking while or as if alone






50. Total rejection of established laws and institutions