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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. To depart from or evade the truth
Eclectic
Prevaricate
Capricious
Levity
2. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Salient
Levity
Chortle
Proclivity
3. Having only one side
Sine qua non
Limited liability companies
Unilateral
Visceral
4. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Sardonic
Inane
Vilify
Allegory
5. A chain; a succession
Simile
Codicil
Concatenation
Proclivity
6. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ameliorate
Metaphor
Ken
Pecuniary
7. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Erudite
Finite
Exiguous
8. To make faulty or imperfect
Ubiquitous
Vitiate
Salient
E.g.
9. To prevent by interception
Caveat
Symbiotic
Fait accompli
Obviate
10. Having bounds
Ken
Myopic
Finite
Allegory
11. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Concatenation
Diction
Avarice
Obviate
12. Full; entire; complete
Plenary
Proclivity
Chortle
Obviate
13. An indispensable thing
Pedantic
Syllogism
Iconoclast
Sine qua non
14. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Vociferous
Indolent
Pusillanimous
Chicanery
15. Understood by only a few
Scintilla
Arcane
Bifurcate
Ellipsis
16. Lofty with pride
Finite
Supercilious
Banal
Renege
17. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Pedantic
Fait accompli
Iconoclast
Eclectic
18. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Proclivity
Probity
Ubiquitous
19. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Bi-polar
Cadre
Inane
Superfluous
20. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Avarice
Ubiquitous
Forbearance
Dilatory
21. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Unilateral
Facetious
Concatenation
Allegory
22. Bitterly sarcastic
Syllogism
Sardonic
Verve
Limited liability companies
23. Being everywhere
Nefarious
Acumen
Ubiquitous
Equivocate
24. Deadly
Puerile
Milieu
Pernicious
Binary
25. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
NB
Hyperbole
Vitiate
26. 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
Egalitarian
Indolent
Metaphor
Myopic
27. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Scintilla
Salient
Symbiotic
Supercilious
28. Making a loud outcry
Proclivity
Vociferous
Levity
Egalitarian
29. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Ameliorate
Unilateral
Limited liability companies
Carpe diem
30. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Egalitarian
Dilatory
Adumbrate
Unilateral
31. Extremely scanty (bare)
Salient
Ameliorate
Loquacious
Exiguous
32. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Chortle
Ephemeral
E.g.
Collegial
33. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Apocryphal
Vilify
Sine qua non
Demagogue
34. To make or grow better
Vociferous
Erudite
Ameliorate
Fortuitous
35. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Cadre
Sine qua non
Requisite
36. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Pedantic
Eclectic
Finite
Tautological
37. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Vociferous
Binary
Tautological
Specious
38. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Cadre
Levity
Avarice
Demagogue
39. Favoring social equality
Carpe diem
Egalitarian
Prevaricate
Consanguineous
40. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Logomachy
Acumen
Abrogate
Ellipsis
41. Course - base - instinctive
Euphemism
Visceral
Caveat
Specious
42. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Erudite
Ken
Diction
Ethereal
43. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Unilateral
Prevaricate
Pedantic
Myopic
44. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Inchoate
Simile
Equivocate
Ubiquitous
45. Environment; setting
Vitiate
Erudite
Milieu
Caveat
46. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Bi-polar
Erudite
Sine qua non
Apocryphal
47. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Ameliorate
Acrimony
Logomachy
48. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
Levity
Superfluous
Unilateral
49. Happening by chance
Inane
Fortuitous
Obviate
i.e.
50. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Nefarious
Avarice
Chicanery
Vitiate