Test your basic knowledge |

100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. (adj) rude - boorish






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






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






4. A compound of high molecular weight






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






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






7. Leadership






8. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






10. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






11. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






13. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






14. To seperate






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






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






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






18. A half






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






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






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






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






23. To abolish by formal orr official means.






24. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






25. Excessively flattering






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






27. Humorous - not meant seriously






28. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






29. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






30. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






31. Not open to question or dispute






32. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






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






35. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






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






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






39. Technigue of classification






40. Supplying motive force






41. Worked to shape by beating






42. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






44. Whirling mass of movment






45. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle






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






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






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






49. A language user's knowledge of words






50. The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs