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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Excessively flattering






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






3. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






4. Technigue of classification






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






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






7. Of the same kind






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






9. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






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






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






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






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






15. Whirling mass of movment






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






17. Not open to question or dispute






18. Full of trivial conversation






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






20. (adj) rude - boorish






21. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






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






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






25. Worked to shape by beating






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






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






28. (v) to set free or endow






29. The liquid part of blood or lymph






30. To seperate






31. A compound of high molecular weight






32. Lacking interest or significance






33. (adj) shedding leaves annually






34. To bring under complete control






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






36. Having ones identity concealed






37. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






38. Supplying motive force






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






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






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






45. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






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






48. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






49. Keen - insight - shrewdness






50. Showing a lack of intelligence