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






2. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






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






5. Showing strong feeling






6. Lacking interest or significance






7. The basic structure or features of a system or organization






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






9. Worked to shape by beating






10. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






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






13. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






15. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






17. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






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






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






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






22. Complacently or inanely foolish






23. A language user's knowledge of words






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






25. Excessively flattering






26. The official currency of the European Union






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






28. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






30. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






33. Full of trivial conversation






34. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






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






38. To show to be false






39. Keen - insight - shrewdness






40. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






43. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






44. Violent commotion






45. Technigue of classification






46. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






48. Excessive pride or self confidence






49. Of or pertaining to money






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