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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






2. Leadership






3. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






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






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






8. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






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






11. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






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






14. Worked to shape by beating






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






16. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






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






19. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






22. Whirling mass of movment






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






24. Keen - insight - shrewdness






25. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






26. Sythesis of complex organic materials






27. Excessively flattering






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






29. Of the same kind






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






31. Not open to question or dispute






32. To show to be false






33. Vanishing






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






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






36. To seperate






37. To bring under complete control






38. (adj) shedding leaves annually






39. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. A compound of high molecular weight






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






47. Lacking interest or significance






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






49. 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






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