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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Excessive pride or self confidence






2. To seperate






3. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






4. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






6. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






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






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






10. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






13. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






15. (v) to set free or endow






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






17. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






20. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






21. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






22. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






24. To bring under complete control






25. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






27. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






29. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






30. The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle






31. A compound of high molecular weight






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






33. Not open to question or dispute






34. A half






35. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






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






38. Inclined or eager to fight.






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Lacking interest or significance






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






45. Worked to shape by beating






46. To show to be false






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






48. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






50. Violent commotion







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