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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches






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






3. Promising success






4. To show to be false






5. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






7. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






8. Vanishing






9. Inclined or eager to fight.






10. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






11. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






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






14. (adj) rude - boorish






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






16. Showing a lack of intelligence






17. (v) to fly or sail around






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






19. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






21. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






22. (adj) shedding leaves annually






23. Humorous - not meant seriously






24. Excessively flattering






25. Supplying motive force






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






27. Full of trivial conversation






28. Sythesis of complex organic materials






29. The official currency of the European Union






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






31. (v) to set free or endow






32. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






33. The liquid part of blood or lymph






34. Technigue of classification






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






36. Worked to shape by beating






37. 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






38. Before or exisiting before a war.






39. To seperate






40. A half






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






42. Showing strong feeling






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






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






45. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






46. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






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






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






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