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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. One of over a thousand known extragalactic objects - Starlike in apperance - Having spectra with characteristically large red shifts






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






3. To show to be false






4. Complacently or inanely foolish






5. Violent commotion






6. The official currency of the European Union






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






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






9. Inclined or eager to fight.






10. A compound of high molecular weight






11. (v) to set free or endow






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






13. Having ones identity concealed






14. (adj) harmful [to health]






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






16. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






17. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






18. Technigue of classification






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






20. (v) to fly or sail around






21. Leadership






22. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






23. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






25. Careless or irresponsible






26. Of the same kind






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






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






29. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






30. Promising success






31. Keen - insight - shrewdness






32. (adj) shedding leaves annually






33. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






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






36. Needless repetion of an idea






37. Excessively flattering






38. Full of trivial conversation






39. A language user's knowledge of words






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






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






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






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






44. Lacking interest or significance






45. Excessive pride or self confidence






46. 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






47. Sythesis of complex organic materials






48. The usual method of cell division - characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form - which condenses into chromosomes - each of which separates longitudinally into two parts - one part of each chromoso






49. Vanishing






50. Whirling mass of movment