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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. An advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage






2. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






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






5. Full of trivial conversation






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






7. The official currency of the European Union






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






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






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






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






12. Of or pertaining to money






13. Violent commotion






14. Of the same kind






15. To abolish by formal orr official means.






16. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






18. Vanishing






19. Humorous - not meant seriously






20. Supplying motive force






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






22. Needless repetion of an idea






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






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






25. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






27. Careless or irresponsible






28. (v) to set free or endow






29. 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






30. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






31. Sythesis of complex organic materials






32. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






34. Excessive pride or self confidence






35. The act of talking while or as if alone






36. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






38. Showing strong feeling






39. (v) to fly or sail around






40. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






41. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






43. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






44. Promising success






45. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






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






49. (v) to deprive of force or strength






50. Worked to shape by beating