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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination






2. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






3. (adj) rude - boorish






4. A language user's knowledge of words






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






6. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






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






9. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






11. Full of trivial conversation






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






13. Inclined or eager to fight.






14. Not open to question or dispute






15. (v) to set free or endow






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






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






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






19. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






20. Worked to shape by beating






21. To bring under complete control






22. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






23. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning






24. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)






25. Showing strong feeling






26. Whirling mass of movment






27. Technigue of classification






28. (v) to deprive of force or strength






29. Violent commotion






30. Vanishing






31. Showing a lack of intelligence






32. Sythesis of complex organic materials






33. A half






34. Of the same kind






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






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






37. Of or pertaining to money






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






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






40. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






42. Promising success






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






44. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






45. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






46. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






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






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






50. Careless or irresponsible