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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






2. Showing strong feeling






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






4. To bring under complete control






5. Not open to question or dispute






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






7. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






8. Excessively flattering






9. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






11. Of or pertaining to money






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






13. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






14. Careless or irresponsible






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






16. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






19. A language user's knowledge of words






20. Violent commotion






21. Showing a lack of intelligence






22. 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






23. A half






24. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






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






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






28. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






29. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






30. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






31. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






32. Leadership






33. Excessive pride or self confidence






34. Having ones identity concealed






35. (adj) shedding leaves annually






36. Vanishing






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






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






39. Before or exisiting before a war.






40. Keen - insight - shrewdness






41. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






43. (adj) harmful [to health]






44. Of the same kind






45. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






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






48. (v) to fly or sail around






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






50. The act of talking while or as if alone