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100 Words For Every College Student

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Seize the moment






2. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence






3. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence






4. Course - base - instinctive






5. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy






6. More than is wanted or is sufficient






7. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






8. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible






9. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless






10. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






11. Displaing a lack of maturity






12. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once






13. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues






14. 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






15. Environment; setting






16. Relating to money






17. Disparaging - belittling






18. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)






19. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle






20. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






21. Happening by chance






22. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion






23. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources






24. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor






25. Being everywhere






26. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important






27. Having only one side






28. Understood by only a few






29. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning






30. Of doubtful authority or authenticity






31. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






32. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy






33. Commonplace; trivial






34. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact






35. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions






36. Inclined to keep quiet






37. The thing speaks for itself






38. To prevent by interception






39. To go back on a promise or commitment






40. Id est (that is)






41. Wicked in the extreme






42. Extremely scanty (bare)






43. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership






44. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void






45. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas






46. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'






47. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences






48. Exempli gratia (for example)






49. An indispensable thing






50. Extravagant exaggeration







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