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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. (v) to set free or endow






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






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






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






5. Violent commotion






6. Promising success






7. A half






8. To abolish by formal orr official means.






9. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






11. To bring under complete control






12. (adj) rude - boorish






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






14. The official currency of the European Union






15. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






17. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






19. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






20. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






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






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






24. Inclined or eager to fight.






25. To seperate






26. To show to be false






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






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






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






30. Vanishing






31. Leadership






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






33. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






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






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






37. Before or exisiting before a war.






38. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






41. Complacently or inanely foolish






42. Not open to question or dispute






43. Of or pertaining to money






44. Careless or irresponsible






45. A language user's knowledge of words






46. Of the same kind






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






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






49. Sythesis of complex organic materials






50. Lacking interest or significance