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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Having ones identity concealed






2. Showing strong feeling






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






4. Worked to shape by beating






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






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






7. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






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






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






11. The liquid part of blood or lymph






12. Needless repetion of an idea






13. Full of trivial conversation






14. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






17. (v) to set free or endow






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






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






20. To seperate






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






22. Complacently or inanely foolish






23. The usual method of cell division - characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form - which condenses into chromosomes - each of which separates longitudinally into two parts - one part of each chromoso






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






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






26. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






27. Excessively flattering






28. Lacking interest or significance






29. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






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






32. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






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






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






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






37. Supplying motive force






38. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






39. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






42. A half






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






44. To abolish by formal orr official means.






45. Of or pertaining to money






46. Not open to question or dispute






47. Leadership






48. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






50. Sythesis of complex organic materials