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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. (adj) shedding leaves annually






3. (n) sudden - intuitive insight into reality or the meaning of something






4. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






6. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






7. Humorous - not meant seriously






8. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches






9. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






10. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians






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






12. Excessive pride or self confidence






13. An advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage






14. Promising success






15. A half






16. Vanishing






17. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






18. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






20. 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






21. The act of talking while or as if alone






22. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. To abolish by formal orr official means.






32. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






33. Lacking interest or significance






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






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






36. Inclined or eager to fight.






37. (v) to set free or endow






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






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






40. Of the same kind






41. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






42. Careless or irresponsible






43. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






44. (v) to fly or sail around






45. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






47. Whirling mass of movment






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






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






50. Full of trivial conversation