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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. (v) to set free or endow






2. To seperate






3. Having ones identity concealed






4. Humorous - not meant seriously






5. A compound of high molecular weight






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






7. Lacking interest or significance






8. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






9. Technigue of classification






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






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






12. Worked to shape by beating






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






14. (adj) lacking confidence - shy or timid






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






16. Needless repetion of an idea






17. Inclined or eager to fight.






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






19. Violent commotion






20. Excessively flattering






21. Sythesis of complex organic materials






22. (adj) rude - boorish






23. Science concerned with relations between heat and mecanial energy






24. Vanishing






25. Full of trivial conversation






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






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






28. Showing strong feeling






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






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






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






32. Promising success






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






34. To renouce - repudiate - or react.






35. The act of talking while or as if alone






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






37. To abolish by formal orr official means.






38. Whirling mass of movment






39. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






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






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






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






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






44. Complacently or inanely foolish






45. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






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






47. Leadership






48. A half






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






50. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree