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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






2. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






4. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






7. Violent commotion






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






9. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






10. To show to be false






11. Not open to question or dispute






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






13. Showing strong feeling






14. Excessively flattering






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






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






17. To bring under complete control






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






19. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






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






22. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






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






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






26. Excessive pride or self confidence






27. To seperate






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






29. Whirling mass of movment






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






31. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






33. (adj) harmful [to health]






34. Leadership






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






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






37. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






38. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






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






41. (v) to fly or sail around






42. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






43. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






45. A language user's knowledge of words






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






47. The official currency of the European Union






48. Of the same kind






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






50. To abolish by formal orr official means.