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






2. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






3. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






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






6. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






8. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






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






11. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






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






14. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






15. Whirling mass of movment






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






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






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






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






20. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






21. Inclined or eager to fight.






22. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






23. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






25. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






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






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






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






30. Complacently or inanely foolish






31. Having ones identity concealed






32. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






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






35. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






36. Worked to shape by beating






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






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






39. Not open to question or dispute






40. Careless or irresponsible






41. (v) to fly or sail around






42. Of or pertaining to money






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






44. (adj) rude - boorish






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






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






47. Full of trivial conversation






48. (adj) shedding leaves annually






49. (v) to deprive of force or strength






50. A language user's knowledge of words