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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Pernicious
Finite
Demagogue
Simile
2. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Requisite
Probity
Limited liability companies
Simile
3. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Myopic
Reticent
Ameliorate
Plenary
4. Having bounds
Ubiquitous
Simile
Finite
Superfluous
5. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Bi-polar
Demagogue
Allegory
Syllogism
6. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Dilatory
Requisite
Collegial
7. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Renege
Sardonic
Ellipsis
8. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Caveat
Bi-polar
Proclivity
Adumbrate
9. Short lived
Ephemeral
Capricious
Codicil
Syllogism
10. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Acrimony
Indolent
Succinct
Nefarious
11. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Acerbic
Fortuitous
Exiguous
Lexicon
12. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Abrogate
Sojourn
Syllogism
Tautological
13. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Salient
Patrician
Limited liability companies
Ephemeral
14. Brief - concise
Arcane
Egalitarian
Facetious
Succinct
15. Extravagant exaggeration
Hyperbole
Euphemism
Banal
Limited liability companies
16. Course - base - instinctive
Collegial
Apocryphal
Visceral
Nefarious
17. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Banal
Aphorism
Codicil
Sardonic
18. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Supercilious
Succinct
Halcyon
Pernicious
19. To depart from or evade the truth
Chortle
Tautological
Prevaricate
Renege
20. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Puerile
Metaphor
Ethereal
Abrogate
21. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Scintilla
Levity
Binary
Ethereal
22. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Vilify
Unilateral
Tautological
Bi-polar
23. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Dilatory
Ken
Reticent
Scintilla
24. Very talkative
Loquacious
Allegory
Levity
Pusillanimous
25. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Puerile
Loquacious
Ubiquitous
26. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Loquacious
Unilateral
Facetious
27. Argument over the definition of words
Collegial
Metaphor
Logomachy
Forbearance
28. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Ken
Avarice
Cadre
29. To make or grow better
Acerbic
Sardonic
Ameliorate
Dilatory
30. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Codicil
Bi-polar
Logomachy
Lexicon
31. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Sojourn
Binary
Renege
Eclectic
32. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Concatenation
NB
Salient
Levity
33. 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
Ameliorate
Egalitarian
Metaphor
Fait accompli
34. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Sojourn
Puerile
Pedantic
Cadre
35. The thing speaks for itself
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Fortuitous
Ephemeral
Demagogue
36. The use of trickery to deceive
Syntax
Obviate
Fait accompli
Chicanery
37. Extremely scanty (bare)
Logomachy
Euphemism
Pernicious
Exiguous
38. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Pedantic
Logomachy
Egalitarian
Chortle
39. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Allegory
Bifurcate
Didactic
40. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Eclectic
Vilify
Succinct
Facetious
41. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Facetious
Aphorism
Fait accompli
42. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Bifurcate
Renege
Diction
Loquacious
43. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Myopic
Tautological
Adumbrate
44. Having only one side
Limited liability companies
Unilateral
Binary
Supercilious
45. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Myopic
Pejorative
Bi-polar
Avarice
46. Displaing a lack of maturity
Syntax
Acumen
Puerile
NB
47. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Codicil
Pusillanimous
Dilatory
48. A warning or caution
Pedantic
Caveat
Aphorism
Inchoate
49. A natural inclination; predisposition
Fait accompli
Collegial
Proclivity
Halcyon
50. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Scintilla
Sardonic
Exiguous
Tautological