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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. To bring under complete control






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






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






4. Supplying motive force






5. (v) to fly or sail around






6. A compound of high molecular weight






7. The official currency of the European Union






8. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






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






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






12. Of the same kind






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






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






15. To seperate






16. Worked to shape by beating






17. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






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






20. Sythesis of complex organic materials






21. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






22. Whirling mass of movment






23. 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






24. Of or pertaining to money






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






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






27. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






29. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






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






32. Not open to question or dispute






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






34. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






36. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






37. Inclined or eager to fight.






38. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






39. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






40. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






42. Leadership






43. To abolish by formal orr official means.






44. Lacking interest or significance






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






46. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






48. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






50. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy