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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color






2. Showing a lack of intelligence






3. To bring under complete control






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






5. To show to be false






6. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






7. Of or pertaining to money






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






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






10. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






11. Of the same kind






12. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






13. Supplying motive force






14. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office






15. To seperate






16. A half






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






18. (v) to set free or endow






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






20. Excessively flattering






21. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






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






24. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






26. Careless or irresponsible






27. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






29. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






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






32. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






33. The liquid part of blood or lymph






34. 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






35. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






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






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






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






40. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






41. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning






42. The official currency of the European Union






43. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






44. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






45. Excessive pride or self confidence






46. Showing strong feeling






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






48. 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






49. Not open to question or dispute






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