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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination






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






3. Vanishing






4. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






6. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






7. Leadership






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






9. To abolish by formal orr official means.






10. (v) to deprive of force or strength






11. Promising success






12. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






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






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






16. Careless or irresponsible






17. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






18. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle






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






20. Not open to question or dispute






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






22. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






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






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






26. To take and use ideas from another's work






27. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






28. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






29. A compound of high molecular weight






30. Worked to shape by beating






31. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






32. Sythesis of complex organic materials






33. Complacently or inanely foolish






34. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






35. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






38. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






39. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






41. (v) to set free or endow






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






43. To seperate






44. Having ones identity concealed






45. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






46. 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






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






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






49. (adj) rude - boorish






50. Keen - insight - shrewdness