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






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






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






4. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






5. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






7. Whirling mass of movment






8. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






9. Needless repetion of an idea






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






11. Violent commotion






12. The liquid part of blood or lymph






13. Humorous - not meant seriously






14. Excessively flattering






15. Full of trivial conversation






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






17. Lacking interest or significance






18. To bring under complete control






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






20. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






23. Promising success






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






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






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






27. Complacently or inanely foolish






28. The official currency of the European Union






29. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






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






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






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






34. Showing a lack of intelligence






35. Worked to shape by beating






36. (v) to set free or endow






37. Inclined or eager to fight.






38. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






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






41. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






42. Of or pertaining to money






43. A compound of high molecular weight






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






45. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






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






48. Leadership






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. (adj) shedding leaves annually