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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






2. Technigue of classification






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






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






5. Full of trivial conversation






6. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






7. Having ones identity concealed






8. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






9. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






11. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






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






14. Promising success






15. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing






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






17. (v) to fly or sail around






18. Needless repetion of an idea






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






20. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






21. Violent commotion






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






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






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






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






26. Whirling mass of movment






27. 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






28. Sythesis of complex organic materials






29. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






31. A half






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






33. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






34. Humorous - not meant seriously






35. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






36. (adj) harmful [to health]






37. Showing a lack of intelligence






38. A compound of high molecular weight






39. (adj) rude - boorish






40. The official currency of the European Union






41. To seperate






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






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






44. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






45. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






47. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






48. To show to be false






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






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