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100 Words For Every Graduate

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inclined or eager to fight.






2. Of the same kind






3. Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous






4. Supplying motive force






5. (adj) rude - boorish






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






7. (adj) harmful [to health]






8. Lacking interest or significance






9. To show to be false






10. The act of talking while or as if alone






11. Excessively flattering






12. To bring under complete control






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






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






15. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.






16. Showing a lack of intelligence






17. Showing strong feeling






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






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






20. Humorous - not meant seriously






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






22. (v) to fly or sail around






23. Mournful or gloomy especially to a ludicrous degree






24. Total rejection of established laws and institutions






25. Structure of the earth's crust (movements)






26. Any complete change in appearance - character - circumstances - etc






27. Complacently or inanely foolish






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






29. Before or exisiting before a war.






30. Needless repetion of an idea






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






32. Excessive pride or self confidence






33. To seperate






34. A compound of high molecular weight






35. Whirling mass of movment






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






37. Technigue of classification






38. (v) to set free or endow






39. Having ones identity concealed






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






41. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking.






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






43. Worked to shape by beating






44. Someone who hates or fears foreigners






45. 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






46. Leadership






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






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






49. Keen - insight - shrewdness






50. (adj) shedding leaves annually