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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






2. Showing strong feeling






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






4. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






7. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






9. Whirling mass of movment






10. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






13. To abolish by formal orr official means.






14. (v) to set free or endow






15. Worked to shape by beating






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






17. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






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






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






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






23. Showing a lack of intelligence






24. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






26. Complacently or inanely foolish






27. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






28. 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






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






30. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






32. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






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






36. Supplying motive force






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






38. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






40. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






41. Careless or irresponsible






42. To bring under complete control






43. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






45. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






46. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






47. To show to be false






48. Having ones identity concealed






49. Of or pertaining to money






50. Excessive pride or self confidence