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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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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. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






4. Lacking interest or significance






5. Complacently or inanely foolish






6. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






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






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






10. Of or pertaining to money






11. Worked to shape by beating






12. To seperate






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






14. Violent commotion






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Leadership






21. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






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






24. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






26. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






27. Keen - insight - shrewdness






28. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






30. Sythesis of complex organic materials






31. Needless repetion of an idea






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






33. A half






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






35. To bring under complete control






36. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






38. (v) to deprive of force or strength






39. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






41. Showing a lack of intelligence






42. The official currency of the European Union






43. (adj) shedding leaves annually






44. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






45. Promising success






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






47. Careless or irresponsible






48. A compound of high molecular weight






49. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






50. Before or exisiting before a war.