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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Leadership






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






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






4. The act of talking while or as if alone






5. Showing strong feeling






6. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






8. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






9. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning






10. Not open to question or dispute






11. Worked to shape by beating






12. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






14. Showing a lack of intelligence






15. (adj) harmful [to health]






16. To seperate






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






18. Excessively flattering






19. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






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






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






23. Having ones identity concealed






24. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






25. (v) to fly or sail around






26. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






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






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






30. Technigue of classification






31. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






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






34. Careless or irresponsible






35. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






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






39. Lacking interest or significance






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






41. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






42. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






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






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






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






47. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






49. Promising success






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