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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






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






3. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






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






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






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






9. To bring under complete control






10. To show to be false






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






12. Leadership






13. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






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






15. Supplying motive force






16. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






17. Of the same kind






18. (v) to deprive of force or strength






19. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






21. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






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






23. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






24. (v) to set free or endow






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






26. The official currency of the European Union






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






28. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






29. (adj) rude - boorish






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






31. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






32. A language user's knowledge of words






33. A compound of high molecular weight






34. (v) to fly or sail around






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






36. Whirling mass of movment






37. Humorous - not meant seriously






38. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






40. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






41. Showing strong feeling






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






43. Vanishing






44. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






45. Having ones identity concealed






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Before or exisiting before a war.