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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Worked to shape by beating






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






3. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






5. Of or pertaining to money






6. The liquid part of blood or lymph






7. To show to be false






8. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






10. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch






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






12. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






13. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






15. (v) to set free or endow






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






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






18. Vanishing






19. (adj) harmful [to health]






20. The official currency of the European Union






21. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






23. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches






24. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






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






27. To bring under complete control






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






29. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






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






32. Not open to question or dispute






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






34. Whirling mass of movment






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






36. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






37. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians






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






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






40. Leadership






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






42. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






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






46. To seperate






47. (adj) rude - boorish






48. Violent commotion






49. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






50. Supplying motive force