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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






2. To show to be false






3. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






6. Vanishing






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






8. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






10. Complacently or inanely foolish






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






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






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






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






22. (v) to fly or sail around






23. Violent commotion






24. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






26. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






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






29. To seperate






30. Whirling mass of movment






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






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






33. Full of trivial conversation






34. Technigue of classification






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






36. A half






37. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






38. Before or exisiting before a war.






39. A compound of high molecular weight






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






41. (v) to set free or endow






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






43. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






45. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






46. To bring under complete control






47. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






48. Of or pertaining to money






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






50. The official currency of the European Union