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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






3. Violent commotion






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






5. A language user's knowledge of words






6. Worked to shape by beating






7. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






9. Keen - insight - shrewdness






10. Vanishing






11. Full of trivial conversation






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






13. Showing strong feeling






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






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






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






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






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






19. To seperate






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






21. A compound of high molecular weight






22. A half






23. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






24. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






25. (v) to set free or endow






26. To show to be false






27. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






29. Of the same kind






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






31. (v) to fly or sail around






32. The official currency of the European Union






33. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






34. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






36. Careless or irresponsible






37. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






39. The act of talking while or as if alone






40. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






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






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






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






45. Not open to question or dispute






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






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. Promising success






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