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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Careless or irresponsible






2. (adj) harmful [to health]






3. A half






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Lacking interest or significance






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






12. Excessively flattering






13. Excessive pride or self confidence






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






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






16. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






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






18. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






19. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






20. The official currency of the European Union






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






22. Insert words into texts - often falsifying it thereby






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. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






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






26. To bring under complete control






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. To show to be false






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






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






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






32. Before or exisiting before a war.






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






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






35. The liquid part of blood or lymph






36. Of the nature of or characterized by precipies






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






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






39. (adj) shedding leaves annually






40. Math: limits or boundaries: guidelines






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






42. The act of talking while or as if alone






43. (adj) rude - boorish






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






45. Leadership






46. A compound of high molecular weight






47. Complacently or inanely foolish






48. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






49. Humorous - not meant seriously






50. To take and use ideas from another's work