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100 Words For Every College Student
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Favoring social equality
Adumbrate
Egalitarian
Acerbic
Myopic
2. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Obviate
Fortuitous
Indolent
Eclectic
3. To make or grow better
Pernicious
Indolent
Ameliorate
Egalitarian
4. To divide into two parts or branches
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Bifurcate
Prevaricate
Pedantic
5. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Levity
Hyperbole
Apocryphal
Banal
6. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Chicanery
Facetious
Sine qua non
7. Honesty - uprightness
Metaphor
Probity
Collegial
Iconoclast
8. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Milieu
Bifurcate
Ameliorate
Euphemism
9. An amendment to an existing will
Eclectic
Pusillanimous
Exiguous
Codicil
10. Having bounds
Finite
Limited liability companies
Indolent
Levity
11. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Supercilious
Levity
Disingenuous
NB
12. Displaing a lack of maturity
Iconoclast
Ethereal
Eclectic
Puerile
13. Deadly
Syntax
Pernicious
Bi-polar
Salient
14. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Avarice
Erudite
Salient
15. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Salient
Fortuitous
Reticent
16. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Caveat
Acrimony
Pejorative
17. Whimsical; changeable
Bi-polar
Fortuitous
Acrimony
Capricious
18. Environment; setting
Carpe diem
Milieu
Obviate
Avarice
19. Having only one side
Acumen
Unilateral
Chicanery
i.e.
20. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Exiguous
Nefarious
Ellipsis
Bi-polar
21. To depart from or evade the truth
Prevaricate
Sardonic
Myopic
Facetious
22. To prevent by interception
Simile
Visceral
Vilify
Obviate
23. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Pernicious
Nefarious
Patrician
Visceral
24. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
Codicil
Levity
Tautological
25. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Banal
Sojourn
Pedantic
Equivocate
26. Very talkative
Eclectic
Salient
Loquacious
Consanguineous
27. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Salient
Arcane
i.e.
Pernicious
28. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Finite
Milieu
Logomachy
Allegory
29. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Ethereal
Symbiotic
Reticent
30. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Arcane
i.e.
Symbiotic
Limited liability companies
31. To make faulty or imperfect
Vilify
Concatenation
Eclectic
Vitiate
32. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Dilatory
Cadre
Nefarious
Proclivity
33. Lofty with pride
Supercilious
Limited liability companies
Banal
Nefarious
34. 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
Metaphor
Allegory
Arcane
Capricious
35. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Vociferous
Aphorism
Syntax
Fortuitous
36. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Egalitarian
Symbiotic
Patrician
Renege
37. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Capricious
Euphemism
Pejorative
Collegial
38. Making a loud outcry
Carpe diem
Avarice
Acrimony
Vociferous
39. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Erudite
Didactic
Unilateral
Fait accompli
40. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Euphemism
Egalitarian
Avarice
Lexicon
41. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Ephemeral
Forbearance
Obviate
42. The thing speaks for itself
Ken
Symbiotic
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Syntax
43. The use of trickery to deceive
Tautological
Halcyon
Chicanery
Unilateral
44. Necessary; indispensable
Scintilla
Ameliorate
Specious
Requisite
45. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Succinct
Ethereal
Consanguineous
Abrogate
46. An indispensable thing
Puerile
Sine qua non
Pernicious
Superfluous
47. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Disingenuous
Ethereal
Bi-polar
Salient
48. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Equivocate
Acumen
Scintilla
Syllogism
49. Relating to money
Proclivity
Halcyon
Levity
Pecuniary
50. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Obviate
Symbiotic
Binary
Reticent