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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc






2. To seperate






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






4. (adj) harmful [to health]






5. (v) to deprive of force or strength






6. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






9. A half






10. Careless or irresponsible






11. To abolish by formal orr official means.






12. Showing strong feeling






13. Not open to question or dispute






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






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






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






17. Lacking interest or significance






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






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






20. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






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






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






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






25. Supplying motive force






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






27. Having ones identity concealed






28. Showing a lack of intelligence






29. Violent commotion






30. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






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






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






34. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






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






37. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something






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






39. Humorous - not meant seriously






40. 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






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






42. The official currency of the European Union






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






44. Sythesis of complex organic materials






45. Of the same kind






46. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






47. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






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






50. Total rejection of established laws and institutions