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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






2. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






3. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






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






7. Not open to question or dispute






8. Of or pertaining to money






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






10. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






11. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






12. Showing a lack of intelligence






13. The act of talking while or as if alone






14. Technigue of classification






15. Inclined or eager to fight.






16. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






18. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






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






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






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






23. A compound of high molecular weight






24. Lacking interest or significance






25. Vanishing






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






27. Complacently or inanely foolish






28. (adj) shedding leaves annually






29. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






31. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






33. 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






34. 1.) Daily: A quotidian report 2.) Usual or customary; everyday






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






36. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






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






39. 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






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






41. To bring under complete control






42. Worked to shape by beating






43. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






45. A language user's knowledge of words






46. Excessively flattering






47. A half






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






49. Humorous - not meant seriously






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