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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






3. Of the same kind






4. To show to be false






5. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office






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






7. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






8. To abolish by formal orr official means.






9. Having ones identity concealed






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






11. The liquid part of blood or lymph






12. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






15. Showing strong feeling






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






17. Violent commotion






18. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






20. Worked to shape by beating






21. A half






22. Keen - insight - shrewdness






23. A compound of high molecular weight






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






25. The official currency of the European Union






26. The act of talking while or as if alone






27. Complacently or inanely foolish






28. Whirling mass of movment






29. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






31. Not open to question or dispute






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






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






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






35. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






37. Of or pertaining to money






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






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






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






41. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






44. 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






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






46. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






48. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






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