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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






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






4. Careless or irresponsible






5. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






8. Keen - insight - shrewdness






9. Before or exisiting before a war.






10. Showing strong feeling






11. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






12. Whirling mass of movment






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






14. Supplying motive force






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






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






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






18. Humorous - not meant seriously






19. Of or pertaining to money






20. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






21. (adj) shedding leaves annually






22. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






24. Promising success






25. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






28. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






29. Full of trivial conversation






30. To seperate






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






32. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






33. Excessive pride or self confidence






34. Complacently or inanely foolish






35. Lacking interest or significance






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






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






38. 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






39. (v) to fly or sail around






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






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






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






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






44. The official currency of the European Union






45. A half






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






47. Violent commotion






48. To take and use ideas from another's work






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






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