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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. To take and use ideas from another's work






2. Excessive pride or self confidence






3. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






4. Worked to shape by beating






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






6. Of or pertaining to money






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






8. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






10. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






11. (adj) shedding leaves annually






12. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






13. Excessively flattering






14. Vanishing






15. Whirling mass of movment






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






17. Full of trivial conversation






18. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






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






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






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






23. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






25. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






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






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






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






31. A half






32. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






34. 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






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






36. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






38. (v) to set free or endow






39. To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse - purify






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






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






42. The act of talking while or as if alone






43. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






45. An advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage






46. (adj) rude - boorish






47. Showing a lack of intelligence






48. To seperate






49. Humorous - not meant seriously






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