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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion






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






3. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






4. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






5. Excessively flattering






6. To seperate






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






8. Of or pertaining to money






9. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






11. Complacently or inanely foolish






12. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






14. 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






15. (adj) rude - boorish






16. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






18. Vanishing






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






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






21. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






24. (v) to fly or sail around






25. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






27. To bring under complete control






28. (v) to deprive of force or strength






29. Worked to shape by beating






30. Lacking interest or significance






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






32. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






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






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






36. Showing strong feeling






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






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






39. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






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






43. Technigue of classification






44. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






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






47. The official currency of the European Union






48. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






50. Violent commotion