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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






2. The official currency of the European Union






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






4. A language user's knowledge of words






5. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






6. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






7. Whirling mass of movment






8. Promising success






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






10. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






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






13. The liquid part of blood or lymph






14. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






15. (adj) shedding leaves annually






16. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






19. To bring under complete control






20. Showing a lack of intelligence






21. A half






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






23. (v) to set free or endow






24. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






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






27. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






28. Excessively flattering






29. Needless repetion of an idea






30. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






31. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






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






34. Inclined or eager to fight.






35. A compound of high molecular weight






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






37. (v) to fly or sail around






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






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






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






41. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






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






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






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






46. Before or exisiting before a war.






47. Not open to question or dispute






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






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






50. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous