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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Vanishing






2. Full of trivial conversation






3. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






4. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






5. Violent commotion






6. 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






7. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






9. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






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






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






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






15. Before or exisiting before a war.






16. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






19. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






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






22. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






24. (adj) shedding leaves annually






25. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






26. The act of talking while or as if alone






27. Technigue of classification






28. Lacking interest or significance






29. Excessively flattering






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






31. (v) to deprive of force or strength






32. (v) to fly or sail around






33. Leadership






34. Of or pertaining to money






35. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






36. Showing a lack of intelligence






37. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






38. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






39. The liquid part of blood or lymph






40. (adj) rude - boorish






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






47. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






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






50. To seperate