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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. To take and use ideas from another's work






2. Worked to shape by beating






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






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






5. Not open to question or dispute






6. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






9. Keen - insight - shrewdness






10. Excessively flattering






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






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






13. Supplying motive force






14. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






16. Showing a lack of intelligence






17. Of or pertaining to money






18. Whirling mass of movment






19. Full of trivial conversation






20. Technigue of classification






21. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






22. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






25. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






27. Vanishing






28. Leadership






29. Lacking interest or significance






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






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






32. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






33. Humorous - not meant seriously






34. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






35. (v) to set free or endow






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






37. A half






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






39. The official currency of the European Union






40. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






41. To seperate






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






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






44. 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






45. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






47. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






49. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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