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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. (v) to deprive of force or strength






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






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






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






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






6. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






7. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






8. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






9. Careless or irresponsible






10. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






11. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






12. A compound of high molecular weight






13. Worked to shape by beating






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






15. Full of trivial conversation






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Not open to question or dispute






23. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Vanishing






29. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






30. Of the same kind






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






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






33. Showing strong feeling






34. (v) to set free or endow






35. To abolish by formal orr official means.






36. Whirling mass of movment






37. To bring under complete control






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






39. Technigue of classification






40. Needless repetion of an idea






41. Showing a lack of intelligence






42. Leadership






43. (v) to fly or sail around






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






45. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






46. The liquid part of blood or lymph






47. Sythesis of complex organic materials






48. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






50. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.