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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






2. To abolish by formal orr official means.






3. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






5. Sythesis of complex organic materials






6. Having ones identity concealed






7. Worked to shape by beating






8. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc






9. Needless repetion of an idea






10. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






11. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs






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






13. To show to be false






14. Promising success






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






16. A language user's knowledge of words






17. A half






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






19. The act of talking while or as if alone






20. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






22. Showing strong feeling






23. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






24. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






26. (v) to fly or sail around






27. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






28. Violent commotion






29. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






32. Of the same kind






33. 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






34. Full of trivial conversation






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






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






37. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






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






40. Complacently or inanely foolish






41. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






44. The liquid part of blood or lymph






45. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






47. Leadership






48. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






50. Of or pertaining to money