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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Leadership






2. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






3. Complacently or inanely foolish






4. To abolish by formal orr official means.






5. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






7. A compound of high molecular weight






8. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






9. Excessive pride or self confidence






10. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






11. Not open to question or dispute






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






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






14. Worked to shape by beating






15. (adj) shedding leaves annually






16. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






17. To seperate






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






19. A half






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






21. The act of talking while or as if alone






22. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






23. (v) to fly or sail around






24. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






27. Vanishing






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






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






30. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






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






34. Of or pertaining to money






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






36. Technigue of classification






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






38. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






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






41. Full of trivial conversation






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






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






44. Showing strong feeling






45. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






46. Inclined or eager to fight.






47. Promising success






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






49. Before or exisiting before a war.






50. Violent commotion