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100 Words For Every College Student
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To make or grow better
Verve
Ameliorate
Acrimony
Myopic
2. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Ken
NB
Bifurcate
Apocryphal
3. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Syntax
Adumbrate
Superfluous
Probity
4. Full; entire; complete
Arcane
Plenary
Ubiquitous
Bi-polar
5. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Obviate
Egalitarian
Logomachy
6. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Allegory
Superfluous
Pejorative
7. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Diction
i.e.
Acrimony
Bi-polar
8. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
Acumen
Indolent
Apocryphal
9. Deadly
Metaphor
Pernicious
Facetious
Specious
10. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Codicil
Puerile
Scintilla
Symbiotic
11. Brief - concise
Aphorism
Succinct
Ken
Erudite
12. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Diction
Visceral
Levity
Prevaricate
13. Disparaging - belittling
Patrician
Pejorative
Visceral
Requisite
14. To make faulty or imperfect
Vociferous
Lexicon
Vitiate
Puerile
15. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Pusillanimous
Apocryphal
Arcane
Myopic
16. An amendment to an existing will
Tautological
Codicil
Symbiotic
Ameliorate
17. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Bi-polar
Pejorative
Fait accompli
Reticent
18. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Egalitarian
Erudite
Tautological
Vociferous
19. To go back on a promise or commitment
Renege
Forbearance
Chicanery
Logomachy
20. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Pedantic
Sine qua non
Inane
Avarice
21. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Ethereal
Arcane
Sardonic
Concatenation
22. Happening by chance
Erudite
Facetious
Myopic
Fortuitous
23. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Ethereal
Symbiotic
Fait accompli
Unilateral
24. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Scintilla
Patrician
Avarice
Aphorism
25. Id est (that is)
Abrogate
Specious
Loquacious
i.e.
26. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Patrician
Salient
Disingenuous
Chortle
27. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Sojourn
Salient
Finite
Levity
28. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Pusillanimous
Didactic
Vitiate
Metaphor
29. A natural inclination; predisposition
Limited liability companies
Sojourn
Symbiotic
Proclivity
30. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Allegory
Inane
Demagogue
Obviate
31. Argument over the definition of words
Logomachy
Dilatory
NB
Chicanery
32. A warning or caution
Plenary
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Symbiotic
Caveat
33. To prevent by interception
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Obviate
Ubiquitous
Forbearance
34. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Allegory
Probity
Plenary
Eclectic
35. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Iconoclast
Ameliorate
Diction
36. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Patrician
Ken
Myopic
Inchoate
37. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Acerbic
Vitiate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
38. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Caveat
Syllogism
Chicanery
Patrician
39. Course - base - instinctive
Nefarious
Visceral
Prevaricate
Sine qua non
40. 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
Syllogism
Metaphor
Chicanery
Diction
41. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Disingenuous
Halcyon
Plenary
Bifurcate
42. Bitterly sarcastic
Fortuitous
Levity
Acrimony
Sardonic
43. Environment; setting
Milieu
Allegory
Chicanery
NB
44. The use of trickery to deceive
Renege
Binary
Logomachy
Chicanery
45. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Vociferous
Simile
Vilify
46. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Iconoclast
Nefarious
Vitiate
47. Very talkative
Loquacious
Inchoate
Disingenuous
Pecuniary
48. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Limited liability companies
Disingenuous
Ethereal
49. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Abrogate
Euphemism
Myopic
50. The thing speaks for itself
Dilatory
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Acrimony
Facetious