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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office






2. Needless repetion of an idea






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






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






5. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






7. Leadership






8. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






9. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






15. Of the same kind






16. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






17. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






19. Vanishing






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






21. To seperate






22. Worked to shape by beating






23. Inclined or eager to fight.






24. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






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






27. A half






28. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






29. Humorous - not meant seriously






30. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






31. (v) to set free or endow






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






33. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






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






36. (adj) rude - boorish






37. (v) to fly or sail around






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






39. Control over freedom of others - pretaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate opinion






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






41. Violent commotion






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






43. Sythesis of complex organic materials






44. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






45. Of or pertaining to money






46. Before or exisiting before a war.






47. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






49. Full of trivial conversation






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