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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse - purify






2. Not open to question or dispute






3. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






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






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






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






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






9. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






10. (adj) rude - boorish






11. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






12. Of or pertaining to money






13. Of the same kind






14. Excessively flattering






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






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






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






18. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






19. Keen - insight - shrewdness






20. A language user's knowledge of words






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






22. Leadership






23. Full of trivial conversation






24. (v) to deprive of force or strength






25. Worked to shape by beating






26. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc






27. Complacently or inanely foolish






28. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






31. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






32. Technigue of classification






33. Supplying motive force






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






43. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






44. To abolish by formal orr official means.






45. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






46. Promising success






47. Showing a lack of intelligence






48. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






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