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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 making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice






2. Technigue of classification






3. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






4. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






6. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






7. Promising success






8. Excessively flattering






9. (v) to set free or endow






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






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






12. To show to be false






13. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






15. Of or pertaining to money






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






17. The liquid part of blood or lymph






18. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






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






21. Showing a lack of intelligence






22. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office






23. 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






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






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






26. Leadership






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






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






29. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






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






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






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






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






35. A half






36. (v) to deprive of force or strength






37. Inclined or eager to fight.






38. A language user's knowledge of words






39. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






40. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






41. Full of trivial conversation






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






43. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






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






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






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






49. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






50. Not open to question or dispute