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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. To bring under complete control






2. Worked to shape by beating






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






4. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






6. (v) to set free or endow






7. Showing a lack of intelligence






8. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






10. To seperate






11. 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






12. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






13. A language user's knowledge of words






14. Promising success






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






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






17. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






19. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






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






23. The act of talking while or as if alone






24. Excessively flattering






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






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






27. (adj) rude - boorish






28. Inclined or eager to fight.






29. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






30. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






31. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






32. The official currency of the European Union






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






34. Excessive pride or self confidence






35. Of the same kind






36. Full of trivial conversation






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






38. To show to be false






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






40. The usual method of cell division - characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form - which condenses into chromosomes - each of which separates longitudinally into two parts - one part of each chromoso






41. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






42. Humorous - not meant seriously






43. To abolish by formal orr official means.






44. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






47. A compound of high molecular weight






48. A half






49. Before or exisiting before a war.






50. Whirling mass of movment