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1. To divide into two parts or branches
Requisite
Bifurcate
Collegial
Superfluous
2. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Syllogism
Finite
Sardonic
3. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Supercilious
Euphemism
NB
Fortuitous
4. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Didactic
Concatenation
Reticent
Acrimony
5. To depart from or evade the truth
Euphemism
Prevaricate
Vilify
Patrician
6. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Pusillanimous
Dilatory
Renege
Bifurcate
7. Necessary; indispensable
Requisite
Consanguineous
Symbiotic
Adumbrate
8. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Concatenation
Prevaricate
Bi-polar
Pedantic
9. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Levity
Caveat
Visceral
10. A warning or caution
Apocryphal
Caveat
Egalitarian
Banal
11. The use of trickery to deceive
Allegory
Exiguous
Chicanery
Avarice
12. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
NB
Patrician
Disingenuous
Ameliorate
13. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Supercilious
Arcane
Loquacious
14. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Obviate
Banal
Exiguous
Ellipsis
15. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Exiguous
Eclectic
Lexicon
Acrimony
16. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Abrogate
Indolent
Consanguineous
Acrimony
17. Understood by only a few
Nefarious
Pecuniary
Caveat
Arcane
18. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Vilify
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Specious
Myopic
19. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Binary
Chortle
i.e.
E.g.
20. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Abrogate
Inchoate
Didactic
Eclectic
21. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
Caveat
Vitiate
Carpe diem
Metaphor
22. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Abrogate
Bi-polar
Erudite
Equivocate
23. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Probity
Pejorative
Supercilious
Binary
24. Short lived
Allegory
Apocryphal
Obviate
Ephemeral
25. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Avarice
Salient
Sine qua non
Exiguous
26. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Consanguineous
Euphemism
Ethereal
Ameliorate
27. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
Sojourn
Caveat
Renege
28. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Fait accompli
Halcyon
Didactic
Syllogism
29. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Puerile
Myopic
Simile
Allegory
30. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Reticent
Pedantic
Myopic
31. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Syllogism
Cadre
Limited liability companies
Tautological
32. Brief - concise
Chortle
Adumbrate
Succinct
Pusillanimous
33. Having only one side
Sojourn
Halcyon
Pedantic
Unilateral
34. A natural inclination; predisposition
Carpe diem
Abrogate
Proclivity
Ameliorate
35. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Aphorism
Logomachy
Superfluous
Binary
36. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Demagogue
Apocryphal
Limited liability companies
Salient
37. Environment; setting
Ethereal
Syllogism
Specious
Milieu
38. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Pejorative
NB
Vitiate
Specious
39. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Egalitarian
Eclectic
Limited liability companies
Res Ipsa Loquitur
40. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Bifurcate
Diction
Vociferous
Indolent
41. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Cadre
Syntax
Ephemeral
42. Extravagant exaggeration
Pusillanimous
Acerbic
Hyperbole
Arcane
43. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Arcane
Simile
Verve
Bi-polar
44. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Limited liability companies
Inane
Lexicon
Bifurcate
45. Lofty with pride
Plenary
Exiguous
Supercilious
Syntax
46. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Metaphor
Apocryphal
Syllogism
NB
47. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Facetious
Avarice
Capricious
Sojourn
48. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Indolent
Adumbrate
Verve
Diction
49. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Codicil
Iconoclast
Symbiotic
Collegial
50. Inclined to keep quiet
Specious
Reticent
Symbiotic
Renege
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