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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. Not open to question or dispute






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






3. To take and use ideas from another's work






4. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






6. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






7. Before or exisiting before a war.






8. Of or pertaining to money






9. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






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






12. To abolish by formal orr official means.






13. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






15. (v) to set free or endow






16. Vanishing






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






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






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






20. Inclined or eager to fight.






21. Needless repetion of an idea






22. To seperate






23. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






26. Whirling mass of movment






27. Of the same kind






28. Sythesis of complex organic materials






29. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






31. Complacently or inanely foolish






32. Lacking interest or significance






33. Worked to shape by beating






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






35. A half






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






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






38. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






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






42. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






43. Humorous - not meant seriously






44. Excessively flattering






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






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






47. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






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






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