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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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1. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






3. A half






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






5. Violent commotion






6. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






7. Awkward - lacking in social graces - tactless - clumsy






8. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






9. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






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






12. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






14. Not open to question or dispute






15. Full of trivial conversation






16. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






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






19. Needless repetion of an idea






20. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






22. Whirling mass of movment






23. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






25. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






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






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






29. To bring under complete control






30. (v) to set free or endow






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






32. Having ones identity concealed






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






34. (adj) harmful [to health]






35. Complacently or inanely foolish






36. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






39. Leadership






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






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






42. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






43. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






45. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






46. Showing a lack of intelligence






47. Of the same kind






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






49. Careless or irresponsible






50. 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