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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






3. Vanishing






4. The liquid part of blood or lymph






5. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






6. Of or pertaining to money






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






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






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






10. Of the same kind






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






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






13. Before or exisiting before a war.






14. Violent commotion






15. Having ones identity concealed






16. The act of talking while or as if alone






17. Leadership






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






19. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






20. To abolish by formal orr official means.






21. Showing strong feeling






22. A half






23. (adj) shedding leaves annually






24. The official currency of the European Union






25. 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






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






27. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






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






30. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






32. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






34. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






35. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






36. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






37. A language user's knowledge of words






38. Supplying motive force






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






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






41. (adj) rude - boorish






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






43. Showing a lack of intelligence






44. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






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. To take and use ideas from another's work






48. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






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