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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. To abolish by formal orr official means.






2. Before or exisiting before a war.






3. A language user's knowledge of words






4. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






5. Excessively flattering






6. Not open to question or dispute






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






8. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






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






11. Full of trivial conversation






12. (v) to fly or sail around






13. The official currency of the European Union






14. Violent commotion






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






16. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






19. To expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable






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






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






22. Keen - insight - shrewdness






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






24. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)






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






26. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






28. Supplying motive force






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






30. A half






31. The act of talking while or as if alone






32. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






34. The liquid part of blood or lymph






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Having ones identity concealed






41. A compound of high molecular weight






42. Inclined or eager to fight.






43. Careless or irresponsible






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






45. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






46. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






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






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






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