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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Of the same kind






2. Supplying motive force






3. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






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






6. Not open to question or dispute






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






8. Sythesis of complex organic materials






9. Promising success






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






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






12. (adj) harmful [to health]






13. Vanishing






14. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






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






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






20. (v) to set free or endow






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






22. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






23. A language user's knowledge of words






24. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






26. Violent commotion






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






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






29. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






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






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






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






34. (v) to deprive of force or strength






35. Of or pertaining to money






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






37. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






40. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






43. Leadership






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






45. To abolish by formal orr official means.






46. A half






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






48. Worked to shape by beating






49. Before or exisiting before a war.






50. The act of talking while or as if alone