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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. A set or system of names or terms - as those used in a particular science or art - by an individual or community - etc






2. (v) to fly or sail around






3. Before or exisiting before a war.






4. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






5. Supplying motive force






6. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






8. (adj) rude - boorish






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






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






11. Showing strong feeling






12. Of the same kind






13. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






15. (v) to deprive of force or strength






16. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






17. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






18. The act of talking while or as if alone






19. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)






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






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






22. Worked to shape by beating






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






24. Complacently or inanely foolish






25. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






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






28. Violent commotion






29. Leadership






30. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






31. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






33. To seperate






34. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






36. Full of trivial conversation






37. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






38. (v) to set free or endow






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






40. Excessively flattering






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






42. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






44. Lacking interest or significance






45. Having ones identity concealed






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






47. Whirling mass of movment






48. Careless or irresponsible






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






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