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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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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. Keen - insight - shrewdness






2. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






4. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






6. A half






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






8. (v) to deprive of force or strength






9. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc






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






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






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






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






14. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing






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






16. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






17. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Having ones identity concealed






24. A language user's knowledge of words






25. (v) to fly or sail around






26. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






27. Leadership






28. 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






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






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






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






32. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






34. Showing a lack of intelligence






35. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






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






38. Not open to question or dispute






39. Showing strong feeling






40. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






42. (v) to set free or endow






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






44. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force






45. Technigue of classification






46. Worked to shape by beating






47. The act of talking while or as if alone






48. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






50. To seperate