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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. To bring under complete control






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






3. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






5. Not open to question or dispute






6. To show to be false






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






8. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






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






11. Full of trivial conversation






12. Whirling mass of movment






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






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






15. 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






16. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






18. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






19. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing






20. 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






21. A compound of high molecular weight






22. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice






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






24. Technigue of classification






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






26. Keen - insight - shrewdness






27. Leadership






28. Showing strong feeling






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






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






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






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






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






34. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






36. Careless or irresponsible






37. Worked to shape by beating






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






39. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






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






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






43. (v) to set free or endow






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






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






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






47. Complacently or inanely foolish






48. Of or pertaining to money






49. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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