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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Having only one side
Caveat
Unilateral
Pedantic
Logomachy
2. To depart from or evade the truth
Avarice
Prevaricate
Succinct
Levity
3. Lacking in courage and resolution
Facetious
Probity
Carpe diem
Pusillanimous
4. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Chicanery
Diction
Pedantic
Indolent
5. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Pecuniary
Ameliorate
Symbiotic
Aphorism
6. Seize the moment
Avarice
Probity
Acerbic
Carpe diem
7. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Verve
Halcyon
Plenary
Acerbic
8. Relating to money
Disingenuous
Logomachy
Pecuniary
Apocryphal
9. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Allegory
Sardonic
Demagogue
10. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Iconoclast
Pejorative
Vitiate
Acrimony
11. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Ubiquitous
Verve
Levity
Erudite
12. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Erudite
Banal
Didactic
Consanguineous
13. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
E.g.
Arcane
Patrician
Carpe diem
14. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Sine qua non
Ethereal
Binary
Res Ipsa Loquitur
15. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Codicil
Allegory
Sojourn
Erudite
16. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Capricious
Ellipsis
Simile
Ethereal
17. To prevent by interception
Obviate
Puerile
Metaphor
Reticent
18. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Simile
Supercilious
Specious
19. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Arcane
Disingenuous
Consanguineous
Equivocate
20. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Codicil
Ellipsis
Euphemism
Milieu
21. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Scintilla
Facetious
Ephemeral
22. Displaing a lack of maturity
Salient
Proclivity
Puerile
Binary
23. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Specious
Vilify
Proclivity
Acumen
24. The thing speaks for itself
Supercilious
Eclectic
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Levity
25. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Metaphor
Cadre
Apocryphal
Bifurcate
26. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Specious
Loquacious
Collegial
Ubiquitous
27. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Acrimony
Egalitarian
Bi-polar
Pusillanimous
28. Wicked in the extreme
Bifurcate
Chortle
Nefarious
Fait accompli
29. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Binary
Fortuitous
Patrician
Specious
30. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Disingenuous
Aphorism
Chortle
Collegial
31. Bitterly sarcastic
Indolent
Specious
Sardonic
Pedantic
32. Favoring social equality
Abrogate
Levity
Egalitarian
Codicil
33. A chain; a succession
Visceral
Cadre
Bifurcate
Concatenation
34. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Ken
Levity
Didactic
Vilify
35. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Sine qua non
Apocryphal
Salient
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36. An indispensable thing
Bi-polar
Requisite
Pejorative
Sine qua non
37. An amendment to an existing will
Codicil
Collegial
Prevaricate
Fait accompli
38. Understood by only a few
Pernicious
Arcane
Inane
Halcyon
39. Being everywhere
Syllogism
Unilateral
Salient
Ubiquitous
40. A natural inclination; predisposition
Tautological
Proclivity
Sojourn
Superfluous
41. To make or grow better
Pernicious
Loquacious
Ameliorate
Consanguineous
42. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Apocryphal
Demagogue
Pejorative
43. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Egalitarian
Salient
Equivocate
Facetious
44. The use of trickery to deceive
Equivocate
Chicanery
Caveat
Acrimony
45. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Unilateral
Myopic
Syllogism
Salient
46. Inclined to keep quiet
Cadre
Reticent
Hyperbole
Logomachy
47. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Cadre
Collegial
Avarice
Inane
48. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Ellipsis
Allegory
Requisite
Pedantic
49. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Aphorism
Inchoate
Collegial
Bifurcate
50. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Adumbrate
Specious
Vilify
Codicil