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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Plane curve formed by the intersection of right circular cone with plane parallel to a generator of the cone






2. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






4. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






7. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






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






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






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






12. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






14. The official currency of the European Union






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






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






17. (adj) rude - boorish






18. To review by brief summary - as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize






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






20. A language user's knowledge of words






21. Whirling mass of movment






22. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






23. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






25. 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






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






27. Supplying motive force






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






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






30. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






31. The liquid part of blood or lymph






32. Vanishing






33. Full of trivial conversation






34. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






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






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






38. Technigue of classification






39. Worked to shape by beating






40. To abolish by formal orr official means.






41. To show to be false






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






43. A compound of high molecular weight






44. Of the same kind






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






46. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






48. Promising success






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






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