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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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






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






4. Lacking interest or significance






5. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






7. Whirling mass of movment






8. Showing strong feeling






9. Sythesis of complex organic materials






10. The official currency of the European Union






11. Violent commotion






12. Inclined or eager to fight.






13. To seperate






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






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






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






17. The liquid part of blood or lymph






18. Before or exisiting before a war.






19. Needless repetion of an idea






20. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






21. A compound of high molecular weight






22. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






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






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






26. Of the same kind






27. Careless or irresponsible






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






29. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






35. (v) to fly or sail around






36. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






37. Humorous - not meant seriously






38. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






40. Keen - insight - shrewdness






41. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






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






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






44. A language user's knowledge of words






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






46. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






47. Showing a lack of intelligence






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






49. Worked to shape by beating






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