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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. (n) microscopic - rod-shaped - in nucleus of cell - responsible for transmission of hereditary characteristics






2. Whirling mass of movment






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






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






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






6. A compound of high molecular weight






7. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






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






10. To abolish by formal orr official means.






11. Full of trivial conversation






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






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






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






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






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






17. Supplying motive force






18. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






19. Leadership






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






21. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch






22. The liquid part of blood or lymph






23. Excessively flattering






24. Lacking interest or significance






25. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






26. Careless or irresponsible






27. Violent commotion






28. Of or pertaining to money






29. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






31. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






33. Showing strong feeling






34. Of the same kind






35. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






37. A language user's knowledge of words






38. Needless repetion of an idea






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






40. 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






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






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






43. The act of talking while or as if alone






44. Vanishing






45. (v) to fly or sail around






46. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






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






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






50. (v) to set free or endow