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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. To show to be false






2. Full of trivial conversation






3. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






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






6. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






7. (adj) harmful [to health]






8. Vanishing






9. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






10. Complacently or inanely foolish






11. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






12. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






14. Excessive pride or self confidence






15. Leadership






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






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






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






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






20. Of or pertaining to money






21. Worked to shape by beating






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






23. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






24. Showing a lack of intelligence






25. Keen - insight - shrewdness






26. Supplying motive force






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






28. Humorous - not meant seriously






29. Whirling mass of movment






30. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






33. (v) to fly or sail around






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






35. Technigue of classification






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






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






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






39. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






41. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






42. (v) to deprive of force or strength






43. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






46. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






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






50. A half