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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A language user's knowledge of words






2. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






3. To seperate






4. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






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






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






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






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






10. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






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






13. (v) to fly or sail around






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






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






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






17. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






18. Showing strong feeling






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






20. A half






21. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






22. Worked to shape by beating






23. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






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






26. Whirling mass of movment






27. Excessively flattering






28. To abolish by formal orr official means.






29. Supplying motive force






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






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






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






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






34. To bring under complete control






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






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






37. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






39. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






40. The liquid part of blood or lymph






41. The official currency of the European Union






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






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






44. Vanishing






45. Having ones identity concealed






46. A compound of high molecular weight






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






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






49. 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






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