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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. (n) microscopic - rod-shaped - in nucleus of cell - responsible for transmission of hereditary characteristics






2. Of or pertaining to money






3. Showing a lack of intelligence






4. 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






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






6. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






7. Inclined or eager to fight.






8. To seperate






9. Before or exisiting before a war.






10. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






11. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






12. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






14. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






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






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






18. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






20. (v) to deprive of force or strength






21. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






24. Excessively flattering






25. 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






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






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






28. Whirling mass of movment






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






30. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






32. Worked to shape by beating






33. Complacently or inanely foolish






34. A compound of high molecular weight






35. A half






36. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






38. The act of talking while or as if alone






39. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






40. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






42. Leadership






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






44. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






46. The official currency of the European Union






47. (v) to set free or endow






48. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something






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






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