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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Sythesis of complex organic materials






2. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






3. (adj) rude - boorish






4. Whirling mass of movment






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






6. Having ones identity concealed






7. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






9. The official currency of the European Union






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






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






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






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






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






15. A compound of high molecular weight






16. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






17. 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






18. (v) to set free or endow






19. To seperate






20. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






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






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






24. To show to be false






25. A half






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






27. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






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






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






31. Inclined or eager to fight.






32. Needless repetion of an idea






33. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






35. Of the same kind






36. Technigue of classification






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






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






39. Full of trivial conversation






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






41. The liquid part of blood or lymph






42. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






44. Showing a lack of intelligence






45. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






47. Leadership






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






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






50. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy