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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. The act of respiring inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing






2. Careless or irresponsible






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






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






5. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Violent commotion






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






15. Almighty or infinite in power - as God






16. (v) to fly or sail around






17. Keen - insight - shrewdness






18. To show to be false






19. Having ones identity concealed






20. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering






21. Not open to question or dispute






22. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






23. 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






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






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






26. A half






27. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






29. Technigue of classification






30. Before or exisiting before a war.






31. Full of trivial conversation






32. To abolish by formal orr official means.






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Of the same kind






39. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






40. The official currency of the European Union






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






42. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






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






45. Supplying motive force






46. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






47. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






49. Leadership






50. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby