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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cheerfully optimistic - hopeful or confident: a sanguine disposition






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






3. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






4. The liquid part of blood or lymph






5. Inclined or eager to fight.






6. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






9. Promising success






10. Leadership






11. Technigue of classification






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. A language user's knowledge of words






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






23. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






24. Lacking interest or significance






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






26. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






27. Supplying motive force






28. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






31. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






32. Keen - insight - shrewdness






33. Needless repetion of an idea






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






35. Full of trivial conversation






36. A technology executed on the scale of less than 100 nanometers - the goal of which is to control individual atoms and molecules - especially to create computer chips and other microscopic devices






37. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






39. Of or pertaining to money






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






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






42. Excessively flattering






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






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






45. (v) to deprive of force or strength






46. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






47. Vanishing






48. Showing strong feeling






49. Complacently or inanely foolish






50. Careless or irresponsible