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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Syntax
Renege
Prevaricate
2. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Binary
Acrimony
E.g.
Iconoclast
3. A natural inclination; predisposition
Requisite
Proclivity
Finite
Avarice
4. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Bi-polar
Nefarious
Binary
Facetious
5. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Tautological
Ubiquitous
Demagogue
Euphemism
6. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Symbiotic
Hyperbole
Sardonic
Acerbic
7. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Simile
Symbiotic
Probity
8. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Eclectic
Symbiotic
Ubiquitous
9. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Bifurcate
Banal
Diction
Binary
10. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Superfluous
Aphorism
Lexicon
Pernicious
11. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Prevaricate
Chicanery
Codicil
Pedantic
12. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Probity
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Fait accompli
Syllogism
13. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Vociferous
Exiguous
Superfluous
14. Deadly
Inane
Ameliorate
Pernicious
Renege
15. The thing speaks for itself
Vociferous
Ken
Ameliorate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
16. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Demagogue
Syntax
Simile
Forbearance
17. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Fait accompli
Finite
Succinct
18. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Sojourn
Ameliorate
Forbearance
19. Happening by chance
Collegial
Halcyon
Reticent
Fortuitous
20. Full; entire; complete
Avarice
Plenary
Vociferous
Nefarious
21. Very talkative
Loquacious
Supercilious
Pecuniary
Verve
22. Necessary; indispensable
i.e.
Caveat
Requisite
Salient
23. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Indolent
Binary
Ethereal
Arcane
24. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Bi-polar
Acerbic
Pejorative
Demagogue
25. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Abrogate
Proclivity
Symbiotic
Limited liability companies
26. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Codicil
Dilatory
Capricious
Ephemeral
27. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Adumbrate
Abrogate
Facetious
28. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Symbiotic
Inane
Didactic
29. Wicked in the extreme
Ethereal
Ephemeral
Metaphor
Nefarious
30. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Supercilious
Arcane
Didactic
Forbearance
31. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Reticent
Symbiotic
Sojourn
Pejorative
32. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Halcyon
Vitiate
Patrician
E.g.
33. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Binary
Bi-polar
Consanguineous
Verve
34. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Bi-polar
Codicil
Carpe diem
35. Lacking in courage and resolution
Chortle
Iconoclast
Pusillanimous
Binary
36. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Obviate
Consanguineous
Dilatory
Milieu
37. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Levity
Eclectic
Scintilla
38. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Pecuniary
Abrogate
Bi-polar
Apocryphal
39. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Myopic
Probity
Syllogism
Specious
40. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Vociferous
Ken
Sardonic
Syntax
41. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Demagogue
Prevaricate
Ephemeral
Forbearance
42. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Erudite
Acrimony
Reticent
Myopic
43. Argument over the definition of words
Logomachy
Unilateral
Concatenation
Lexicon
44. Disparaging - belittling
Acrimony
Facetious
Pejorative
Capricious
45. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Fortuitous
Plenary
Avarice
Supercilious
46. Brief - concise
Proclivity
Dilatory
Cadre
Succinct
47. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Vilify
Sardonic
Exiguous
Disingenuous
48. To make faulty or imperfect
Renege
Fortuitous
Loquacious
Vitiate
49. To depart from or evade the truth
Concatenation
Scintilla
Prevaricate
Euphemism
50. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Collegial
NB
Arcane