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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A language user's knowledge of words






2. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






3. A compound of high molecular weight






4. Of or pertaining to money






5. To bring under complete control






6. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






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






9. Excessive pride or self confidence






10. Whirling mass of movment






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






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






13. To seperate






14. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






15. Sythesis of complex organic materials






16. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






18. Before or exisiting before a war.






19. 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






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






21. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






22. Lacking interest or significance






23. Needless repetion of an idea






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






25. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






28. To show to be false






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






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






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






32. To abolish by formal orr official means.






33. 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






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






35. Promising success






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






40. A half






41. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






43. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






44. (adj) shedding leaves annually






45. Worked to shape by beating






46. Full of trivial conversation






47. Technigue of classification






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






49. Violent commotion






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