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100 Words For Every Graduate
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1. Plane curve formed by the intersection of right circular cone with plane parallel to a generator of the cone
Parabola
Omnipotent
Quotidian
diffident
2. Technigue of classification
Taxonomy
Recapitulate
hubris
epiphany
3. A compound of high molecular weight
gerrymander
Uncouous
kinetic
Polymer
4. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines
Parameter
Taxonomy
Bowdlerize
expurgate
5. The act of talking while or as if alone
Soliloguy
Xenophobe
hemoglobin
feckless
6. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc
hubris
Metamorphosis
Orthography
loquacious
7. Form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique
Oligarchy
Subjugate
impeach
hypotenuse
8. Excessive pride or self confidence
hubris
Acumen
incontrovertible
kowtow
9. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition
loquacious
enervate
Sanguine
kowtow
10. Complacently or inanely foolish
Tautology
Oligarchy
fatuous
Metamorphosis
11. One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects - Starlike in apperance - Having spectra with characteristically large red shifts
Moiety
interpolate
Quasar
hubris
12. Not open to question or dispute
epiphany
Tectonic
Wrought
incontrovertible
13. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)
Xenophobe
Tectonic
Uncouous
Supercilious
14. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
Abrogate
Nomenclature
hegemony
Notarize
15. The official currency of the European Union
Taxonomy
euro
Tectonic
feckless
16. (n) roundabout way of speaking - using more words than necessary
gauche
Bellicose
Usurp
circumlocution
17. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
Taxonomy
expurgate
Recapitulate
Quotidian
18. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
filibuster
Parameter
evanescent
fatuous
19. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
gamete
Antebellum
Usurp
homogeneous
20. Excessively flattering
Uncouous
enervate
Subjugate
Reparation
21. To bring under complete control
Usurp
epiphany
Subjugate
fiduciary
22. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen
Oxidize
incontrovertible
Metamorphosis
Vortex
23. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
filibuster
irony
Auspicious
kinetic
24. (adj) shedding leaves annually
deciduous
Notarize
Orthography
filibuster
25. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
equinox
hemoglobin
Respiration
interpolate
26. Lacking interest or significance
jejune
Subjugate
Soliloguy
gerrymander
27. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby
interpolate
Auspicious
circumnaviagte
epiphany
28. Promising success
Auspicious
Antebellum
interpolate
fiduciary
29. To renouce - repudiate - or react.
Abjure
incognito
Thermodynamics
Oxidize
30. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable
Wrought
Quotidian
gauche
Bowdlerize
31. To show to be false
Soliloguy
Abrogate
Paradigm
Belie
32. Someone who hates or fears foreigners
circumlocution
Vehement
Xenophobe
deleterious
33. The time when day and night are of equal length
epiphany
Thermodynamics
equinox
Plasma
34. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling
kinetic
Belie
Soliloguy
Orthography
35. Humorous - not meant seriously
homogeneous
Nomenclature
Xenophobe
facetious
36. To seperate
Supercilious
jejune
enfranchise
Winnow
37. 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
homogeneous
Mitosis
Tectonic
evanescent
38. Having ones identity concealed
incognito
Precipitous
Vaccuous
chromosone
39. Showing a lack of intelligence
Omnipotent
Metamorphosis
jejune
Vaccuous
40. Before or exisiting before a war.
Antebellum
deciduous
hegemony
impeach
41. The basic structure or features of a system or organization
Nanotechnology
infrastructure
chromosone
Vaccuous
42. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice
fiduciary
gamete
Taxonomy
Reparation
43. A display in fixed arrangement of a set (boy - boy's - boys - boys'): an example serving as a model
incontrovertible
Mitosis
Paradigm
circumnaviagte
44. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
hypotenuse
diffident
loquacious
deleterious
45. A language user's knowledge of words
lexicon
Lugubrious
Abjure
fatuous
46. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination
Nonsectarian
incognito
Nihilism
diffident
47. Careless or irresponsible
feckless
Tectonic
Bowdlerize
gauche
48. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy
Thermodynamics
Ziggurat
Bellicose
Precipitous
49. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies
churlish
Uncouous
Precipitous
Oligarchy
50. (n) microscopic - rod-shaped - in nucleus of cell - responsible for transmission of hereditary characteristics
kinetic
chromosone
hubris
diffident