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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. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






2. To show to be false






3. Of or pertaining to money






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






5. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






6. Sythesis of complex organic materials






7. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






9. A compound of high molecular weight






10. Careless or irresponsible






11. Promising success






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






13. Whirling mass of movment






14. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






17. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






19. (adj) harmful [to health]






20. Not open to question or dispute






21. To convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen






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






23. (v) to fly or sail around






24. A half






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






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






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






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






29. Full of trivial conversation






30. Having ones identity concealed






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






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






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






34. Lacking interest or significance






35. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






37. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






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






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






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






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






43. Worked to shape by beating






44. To seperate






45. Of the same kind






46. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






47. Violent commotion






48. Technigue of classification






49. Inclined or eager to fight.






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