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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy






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






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






4. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






6. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






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






9. Technigue of classification






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






11. Showing a lack of intelligence






12. Before or exisiting before a war.






13. Lacking interest or significance






14. Sythesis of complex organic materials






15. Vanishing






16. A language user's knowledge of words






17. A half






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






19. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






20. (v) to fly or sail around






21. Humorous - not meant seriously






22. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






24. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






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






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






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






29. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






31. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






33. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






34. Of or pertaining to money






35. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






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






38. The official currency of the European Union






39. Worked to shape by beating






40. Whirling mass of movment






41. Promising success






42. 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






43. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






44. The liquid part of blood or lymph






45. (v) to set free or endow






46. Needless repetion of an idea






47. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






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






50. Excessively flattering