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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. 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






2. Humorous - not meant seriously






3. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






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






6. (v) to deprive of force or strength






7. A half






8. Of or pertaining to money






9. Worked to shape by beating






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






11. (v) to fly or sail around






12. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office






13. Violent commotion






14. Of the same kind






15. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






18. To show to be false






19. To seperate






20. Supplying motive force






21. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






22. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






24. Careless or irresponsible






25. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






27. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






29. Whirling mass of movment






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






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






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






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






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






35. Showing strong feeling






36. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






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






39. Full of trivial conversation






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






41. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






43. Lacking interest or significance






44. To abolish by formal orr official means.






45. Complacently or inanely foolish






46. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






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






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






50. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous