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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Excessively flattering






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






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






4. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






5. Of the same kind






6. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Of or pertaining to money






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






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






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






17. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






18. A compound of high molecular weight






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






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






21. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






22. Leadership






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






24. Inclined or eager to fight.






25. To bring under complete control






26. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






27. To seperate






28. A half






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






30. Worked to shape by beating






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






32. (v) to set free or endow






33. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






34. (adj) rude - boorish






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






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






37. Full of trivial conversation






38. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






39. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






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






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






44. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






45. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






47. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






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






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