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100 Words For Every Graduate
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english
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1. A compound of high molecular weight
Polymer
Xenophobe
fatuous
Respiration
2. Showing a lack of intelligence
Vaccuous
kowtow
incontrovertible
Omnipotent
3. Inclined or eager to fight.
circumnaviagte
homogeneous
Bowdlerize
Bellicose
4. Of the same kind
expurgate
Abjure
homogeneous
Nihilism
5. Someone who hates or fears foreigners
circumnaviagte
kinetic
Xenophobe
Notarize
6. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc
circumnaviagte
deciduous
Metamorphosis
circumlocution
7. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc
Bellicose
Sanguine
Nomenclature
Nanotechnology
8. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy
churlish
Nomenclature
Mitosis
Thermodynamics
9. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
gamete
Supercilious
Orthography
loquacious
10. Whirling mass of movment
Vortex
gauche
Antebellum
Precipitous
11. Excessive pride or self confidence
Obsequious
homogeneous
hubris
Bellicose
12. Full of trivial conversation
Nomenclature
loquacious
Tautology
Parameter
13. The act of talking while or as if alone
Subjugate
Soliloguy
Supercilious
Plagiarize
14. To seperate
churlish
Uncouous
Winnow
Tautology
15. The basic structure or features of a system or organization
deleterious
homogeneous
infrastructure
Supercilious
16. A language user's knowledge of words
evanescent
Suffragist
lexicon
Vehement
17. To impress on the mind by repetition - teach persistently and earnestly
Tautology
deleterious
Taxonomy
inculcate
18. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
Recapitulate
Paradigm
Ziggurat
Lugubrious
19. Of or pertaining to money
Metamorphosis
Bellicose
euro
Pecuniary
20. (v) to deprive of force or strength
enervate
Auspicious
irony
Tempestuous
21. Not open to question or dispute
Orthography
Polymer
Precipitous
incontrovertible
22. A display in fixed arrangement of a set (boy - boy's - boys - boys'): an example serving as a model
Uncouous
Yeoman
Paradigm
fatuous
23. Humorous - not meant seriously
Yeoman
Abjure
facetious
Nomenclature
24. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy
euro
gauche
Recapitulate
Nomenclature
25. Careless or irresponsible
Omnipotent
enervate
feckless
Parameter
26. The time when day and night are of equal length
deleterious
Winnow
equinox
Respiration
27. (adj) rude - boorish
churlish
filibuster
expurgate
gerrymander
28. To certify (a document - contract - etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public
Notarize
epiphany
loquacious
Paradigm
29. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
Nomenclature
Antebellum
irony
Soliloguy
30. Excessively flattering
Uncouous
lexicon
Usurp
incontrovertible
31. (n) roundabout way of speaking - using more words than necessary
Abrogate
infrastructure
circumlocution
Tempestuous
32. Having ones identity concealed
Vortex
Polymer
incognito
Supercilious
33. Needless repetion of an idea
Oxidize
Tautology
Suffragist
expurgate
34. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby
Plagiarize
Bowdlerize
interpolate
Acumen
35. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday
Omnipotent
Usurp
jejune
Quotidian
36. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines
Wrought
Parameter
Parabola
infrastructure
37. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
Oxidize
Recapitulate
Precipitous
incontrovertible
38. Promising success
Auspicious
Tectonic
Tautology
fiduciary
39. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
Usurp
Nanotechnology
Paradigm
Tempestuous
40. Art of writing words with the proper letters; correct spelling
Orthography
Nonsectarian
infrastructure
Vaccuous
41. Leadership
Nonsectarian
infrastructure
hegemony
enfranchise
42. The liquid part of blood or lymph
Vaccuous
Plasma
Notarize
Uncouous
43. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something
Polymer
epiphany
incontrovertible
enervate
44. To bring under complete control
Metamorphosis
Mitosis
Subjugate
Ziggurat
45. One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects - Starlike in apperance - Having spectra with characteristically large red shifts
Vaccuous
incognito
diffident
Quasar
46. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
Plasma
Vehement
impeach
Respiration
47. (adj) shedding leaves annually
Paradigm
irony
deciduous
Quasar
48. Worked to shape by beating
Wrought
Orthography
Auspicious
jejune
49. Lacking interest or significance
gauche
jejune
laissez-faire
hypotenuse
50. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable
incontrovertible
Totalitarian
facetious
Bowdlerize