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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)






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






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






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






5. Whirling mass of movment






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






7. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






8. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






9. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






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






12. Showing strong feeling






13. Vanishing






14. The liquid part of blood or lymph






15. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






17. Of or pertaining to money






18. Showing a lack of intelligence






19. 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






20. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






22. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






24. Not open to question or dispute






25. Keen - insight - shrewdness






26. Complacently or inanely foolish






27. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






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






30. Leadership






31. Supplying motive force






32. A compound of high molecular weight






33. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






34. Worked to shape by beating






35. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






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






39. The official currency of the European Union






40. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






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






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






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






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






46. Excessive pride or self confidence






47. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






49. Full of trivial conversation






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