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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary






2. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






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






5. Vanishing






6. To abolish by formal orr official means.






7. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy






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






9. Showing strong feeling






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






11. (adj) shedding leaves annually






12. Lacking interest or significance






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






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






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






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






17. A language user's knowledge of words






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






19. (v) to fly or sail around






20. A half






21. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






23. Having ones identity concealed






24. To seperate






25. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






27. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling






28. Full of trivial conversation






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






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






31. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






32. Not open to question or dispute






33. The liquid part of blood or lymph






34. (v) to set free or endow






35. Humorous - not meant seriously






36. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






38. 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






39. The official currency of the European Union






40. Sythesis of complex organic materials






41. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






44. Excessive pride or self confidence






45. To bring under complete control






46. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






47. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






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






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