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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Bitterly sarcastic
Iconoclast
Sardonic
Acerbic
Collegial
2. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Acrimony
Scintilla
Sardonic
Consanguineous
3. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Prevaricate
Salient
Proclivity
4. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Consanguineous
Ken
Iconoclast
Capricious
5. Deadly
Scintilla
Pernicious
Aphorism
Apocryphal
6. A chain; a succession
Simile
Concatenation
Salient
i.e.
7. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Facetious
Fait accompli
Ethereal
Levity
8. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Carpe diem
Disingenuous
Sojourn
9. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Scintilla
Pernicious
Consanguineous
10. Favoring social equality
Demagogue
Egalitarian
Obviate
Sardonic
11. Disparaging - belittling
Limited liability companies
Pejorative
Symbiotic
Indolent
12. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
Banal
Superfluous
Myopic
13. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Abrogate
NB
Demagogue
14. An amendment to an existing will
Egalitarian
Metaphor
Codicil
Halcyon
15. Relating to money
Exiguous
Pecuniary
Halcyon
Facetious
16. Inclined to keep quiet
Nefarious
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Bifurcate
Reticent
17. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Succinct
Facetious
Acumen
18. Making a loud outcry
Demagogue
Dilatory
Succinct
Vociferous
19. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Milieu
Acrimony
Hyperbole
Diction
20. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Finite
Facetious
NB
Pejorative
21. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Cadre
Carpe diem
Plenary
Tautological
22. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
E.g.
Puerile
Ellipsis
Pecuniary
23. Environment; setting
Milieu
Patrician
E.g.
Inane
24. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Equivocate
Specious
Adumbrate
Fortuitous
25. Commonplace; trivial
Inchoate
Pernicious
Banal
Codicil
26. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
NB
Succinct
Limited liability companies
Pejorative
27. To prevent by interception
Renege
Adumbrate
Didactic
Obviate
28. Lacking in courage and resolution
Bifurcate
Verve
Pusillanimous
Superfluous
29. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Syntax
Demagogue
Ubiquitous
Renege
30. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Indolent
Ken
Dilatory
Egalitarian
31. Course - base - instinctive
Caveat
Vociferous
Visceral
Pejorative
32. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Aphorism
Collegial
Halcyon
NB
33. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Succinct
Allegory
Milieu
Pedantic
34. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Specious
Indolent
Acrimony
35. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Chortle
Arcane
Chicanery
36. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Verve
Metaphor
Apocryphal
37. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Finite
Cadre
Pecuniary
Avarice
38. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Proclivity
Logomachy
Supercilious
Equivocate
39. The thing speaks for itself
Chortle
Aphorism
Ubiquitous
Res Ipsa Loquitur
40. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Banal
Syllogism
Egalitarian
Abrogate
41. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Bi-polar
Disingenuous
Adumbrate
Fortuitous
42. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ephemeral
Collegial
Allegory
Ken
43. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Acerbic
Didactic
Caveat
Collegial
44. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Patrician
Concatenation
Acrimony
Disingenuous
45. To make faulty or imperfect
Ephemeral
Scintilla
Euphemism
Vitiate
46. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Forbearance
Apocryphal
Symbiotic
47. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Forbearance
Cadre
Iconoclast
48. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Syllogism
Acumen
Codicil
Pernicious
49. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Acerbic
Ethereal
Erudite
Euphemism
50. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Acumen
Consanguineous
Loquacious
Aphorism