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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing






2. Not open to question or dispute






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






4. Humorous - not meant seriously






5. (adj) rude - boorish






6. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






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






9. To show to be false






10. Excessively flattering






11. Full of trivial conversation






12. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday






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






14. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






16. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






18. Having ones identity concealed






19. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






21. Keen - insight - shrewdness






22. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public






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






24. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






26. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






28. Whirling mass of movment






29. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






30. Vanishing






31. Promising success






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






33. (adj) shedding leaves annually






34. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






35. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






36. (v) to fly or sail around






37. To seperate






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






39. A language user's knowledge of words






40. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






42. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






44. Lacking interest or significance






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






46. The official currency of the European Union






47. 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






48. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






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