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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. The liquid part of blood or lymph






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






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






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






6. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






7. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






8. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






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






11. (adj) rude - boorish






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






13. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






14. Careless or irresponsible






15. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Promising success






24. Full of trivial conversation






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






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






27. To abolish by formal orr official means.






28. Vanishing






29. (v) to fly or sail around






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






31. Sythesis of complex organic materials






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






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






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






35. Of the same kind






36. Leadership






37. Lacking interest or significance






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






39. 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






40. Needless repetion of an idea






41. (adj) harmful [to health]






42. (adj) shedding leaves annually






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






44. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






46. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






48. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






50. (v) to deprive of force or strength