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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The time when day and night are of equal length






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






3. Full of trivial conversation






4. Showing strong feeling






5. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Of or pertaining to money






14. Careless or irresponsible






15. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches






16. Lacking interest or significance






17. Not open to question or dispute






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






19. Excessively flattering






20. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






21. Worked to shape by beating






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






23. Sythesis of complex organic materials






24. To show to be false






25. (adj) rude - boorish






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






27. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






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






30. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






32. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






35. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






36. Complacently or inanely foolish






37. A language user's knowledge of words






38. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning






39. Needless repetion of an idea






40. A half






41. A technology executed on the scale of less than 100 nanometers - the goal of which is to control individual atoms and molecules - especially to create computer chips and other microscopic devices






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






43. Promising success






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






45. (v) to set free or endow






46. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






48. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






50. Vanishing






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