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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Hyperbole
Acumen
Cadre
i.e.
2. Extravagant exaggeration
Pedantic
Supercilious
Simile
Hyperbole
3. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Chortle
Ellipsis
Binary
4. 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
Visceral
Metaphor
Acrimony
Finite
5. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Banal
Euphemism
Didactic
Salient
6. Argument over the definition of words
E.g.
Logomachy
Capricious
Acumen
7. Lofty with pride
Concatenation
Ameliorate
Salient
Supercilious
8. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Halcyon
Disingenuous
Levity
Bi-polar
9. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Apocryphal
Nefarious
Acrimony
Lexicon
10. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Chortle
Vociferous
Myopic
Inane
11. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Myopic
Scintilla
Lexicon
Facetious
12. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Bi-polar
Renege
Sine qua non
Consanguineous
13. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Capricious
Pedantic
Indolent
14. Displaing a lack of maturity
Disingenuous
Pernicious
Puerile
Vilify
15. Full; entire; complete
Tautological
Nefarious
Salient
Plenary
16. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Limited liability companies
Ken
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Codicil
17. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
E.g.
Forbearance
i.e.
Facetious
18. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Pusillanimous
Vilify
Sine qua non
Iconoclast
19. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Arcane
Inchoate
Consanguineous
Disingenuous
20. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
i.e.
Arcane
Vilify
Ken
21. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Caveat
Demagogue
Pusillanimous
Adumbrate
22. Having only one side
NB
Levity
Ellipsis
Unilateral
23. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Apocryphal
Syntax
Abrogate
NB
24. The thing speaks for itself
Syllogism
Equivocate
Ellipsis
Res Ipsa Loquitur
25. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Requisite
Symbiotic
Simile
Aphorism
26. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Myopic
Ubiquitous
Verve
i.e.
27. Understood by only a few
Facetious
Banal
Arcane
Disingenuous
28. Environment; setting
Plenary
Milieu
Superfluous
Renege
29. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Scintilla
Eclectic
Proclivity
Aphorism
30. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Milieu
Eclectic
Scintilla
Vilify
31. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Banal
Equivocate
Vociferous
Apocryphal
32. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Egalitarian
Capricious
Arcane
33. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Inchoate
Acumen
Demagogue
34. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Avarice
Acumen
Specious
Binary
35. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Didactic
Myopic
Cadre
36. An amendment to an existing will
Finite
Chortle
Codicil
Pusillanimous
37. Bitterly sarcastic
Vitiate
Halcyon
Sardonic
Verve
38. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Aphorism
Abrogate
Pusillanimous
Vitiate
39. The use of trickery to deceive
Logomachy
Vilify
Chicanery
Didactic
40. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Ethereal
Consanguineous
Limited liability companies
Patrician
41. Extremely scanty (bare)
Unilateral
Patrician
Requisite
Exiguous
42. Happening by chance
Acumen
Fortuitous
Limited liability companies
Halcyon
43. Brief - concise
Eclectic
Collegial
Levity
Succinct
44. Having bounds
Finite
Loquacious
Chortle
Ellipsis
45. Lacking in courage and resolution
Patrician
Carpe diem
Pusillanimous
Unilateral
46. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Exiguous
Metaphor
Unilateral
47. To depart from or evade the truth
Binary
Superfluous
Prevaricate
Acumen
48. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Binary
Chicanery
Nefarious
Ellipsis
49. A warning or caution
Allegory
Facetious
Caveat
Puerile
50. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Avarice
Collegial
E.g.
Aphorism