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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
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1. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






3. Full of trivial conversation






4. A language user's knowledge of words






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






6. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






7. Excessively flattering






8. Complacently or inanely foolish






9. The act of talking while or as if alone






10. The official currency of the European Union






11. A compound of high molecular weight






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






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






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






15. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. To bring under complete control






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






24. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






26. Showing a lack of intelligence






27. Excessive pride or self confidence






28. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something






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






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






31. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






33. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






34. Violent commotion






35. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






36. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






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






39. Worked to shape by beating






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






41. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






42. (adj) rude - boorish






43. (v) to deprive of force or strength






44. The liquid part of blood or lymph






45. To abolish by formal orr official means.






46. (v) to fly or sail around






47. A half






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






49. Leadership






50. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines