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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Showing strong feeling






2. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






4. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






5. Leadership






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






7. Not open to question or dispute






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






9. Having ones identity concealed






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






11. Sythesis of complex organic materials






12. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






14. (v) to set free or endow






15. Supplying motive force






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






17. To take and use ideas from another's work






18. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






19. Technigue of classification






20. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






22. A half






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






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






25. Violent commotion






26. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






27. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






29. Humorous - not meant seriously






30. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






31. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






32. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






33. Showing a lack of intelligence






34. The official currency of the European Union






35. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






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






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






39. Of or pertaining to money






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Needless repetion of an idea






45. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






48. (adj) shedding leaves annually






49. Full of trivial conversation






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