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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Not open to question or dispute






2. Vanishing






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






4. Leadership






5. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians






6. (v) to set free or endow






7. To abolish by formal orr official means.






8. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






9. Before or exisiting before a war.






10. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






11. Whirling mass of movment






12. To bring under complete control






13. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






15. 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






16. Technigue of classification






17. A language user's knowledge of words






18. (adj) harmful [to health]






19. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






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






22. Having ones identity concealed






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






24. Keen - insight - shrewdness






25. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






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






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






30. Supplying motive force






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






32. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






34. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






35. (adj) shedding leaves annually






36. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






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






39. Excessively flattering






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






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






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






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






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






45. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






47. Worked to shape by beating






48. Humorous - not meant seriously






49. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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