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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. The basic structure or features of a system or organization






2. Keen - insight - shrewdness






3. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






6. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






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






9. A language user's knowledge of words






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






11. Full of trivial conversation






12. Vanishing






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






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






15. Showing strong feeling






16. Whirling mass of movment






17. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






18. The making of amends for wrong or injurydone: reparation for an injustice






19. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






20. Showing a lack of intelligence






21. (v) to set free or endow






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






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






24. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






25. Lacking interest or significance






26. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






27. Worked to shape by beating






28. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






30. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






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






33. Of or pertaining to money






34. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. (v) to fly or sail around






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






41. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






43. To seperate






44. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






45. Excessively flattering






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






47. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






48. Careless or irresponsible






49. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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