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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






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






4. 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






5. Excessively flattering






6. Complacently or inanely foolish






7. A compound of high molecular weight






8. Sythesis of complex organic materials






9. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






11. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






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






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






15. Showing a lack of intelligence






16. Having ones identity concealed






17. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






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






20. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






22. To show to be false






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






24. Of the same kind






25. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






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






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






29. (adj) shedding leaves annually






30. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






32. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






34. Whirling mass of movment






35. Not open to question or dispute






36. Worked to shape by beating






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






38. The official currency of the European Union






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






40. Vanishing






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






42. Needless repetion of an idea






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






44. (v) to set free or endow






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






46. To seperate






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






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






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






50. Careless or irresponsible