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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle






2. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






3. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






5. Supplying motive force






6. Violent commotion






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






8. Excessively flattering






9. A compound of high molecular weight






10. (adj) harmful [to health]






11. To take and use ideas from another's work






12. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






13. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






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






16. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






19. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






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






22. Vanishing






23. Having ones identity concealed






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






25. The official currency of the European Union






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






27. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable






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






29. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






31. Technigue of classification






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






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






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






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






36. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






38. Promising success






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






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






41. Worked to shape by beating






42. (v) to set free or endow






43. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






44. Lacking interest or significance






45. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






46. (v) to deprive of force or strength






47. A half






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






49. Needless repetion of an idea






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