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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Halcyon
Pedantic
Egalitarian
Consanguineous
2. Full; entire; complete
Plenary
Ubiquitous
Chicanery
i.e.
3. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Avarice
Halcyon
Euphemism
Syntax
4. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Egalitarian
Scintilla
Loquacious
Salient
5. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Metaphor
Puerile
Indolent
Avarice
6. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Vociferous
E.g.
Ethereal
7. Deadly
Metaphor
Egalitarian
Simile
Pernicious
8. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Metaphor
Apocryphal
Disingenuous
Sojourn
9. Course - base - instinctive
Visceral
Salient
Bi-polar
Lexicon
10. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Egalitarian
Acerbic
Fait accompli
Disingenuous
11. Bitterly sarcastic
Chortle
Syntax
Capricious
Sardonic
12. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Ubiquitous
Syllogism
Disingenuous
Collegial
13. Argument over the definition of words
Levity
Metaphor
Logomachy
Specious
14. Being everywhere
Probity
Ubiquitous
Fortuitous
E.g.
15. Wicked in the extreme
Collegial
Patrician
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Nefarious
16. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Bi-polar
Pernicious
Reticent
17. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Puerile
Vilify
Acumen
18. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Ken
Salient
Probity
19. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Forbearance
Arcane
Proclivity
Concatenation
20. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Pusillanimous
Sine qua non
Ken
Prevaricate
21. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Euphemism
Specious
Lexicon
Pernicious
22. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Eclectic
Didactic
Ephemeral
Ellipsis
23. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Sojourn
Limited liability companies
Avarice
24. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Caveat
Inchoate
Didactic
Ameliorate
25. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Abrogate
Inchoate
Pejorative
Allegory
26. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Pernicious
Myopic
Loquacious
Verve
27. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Verve
Adumbrate
Unilateral
Didactic
28. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Inchoate
Syntax
Facetious
Pecuniary
29. The use of trickery to deceive
Chortle
Myopic
Banal
Chicanery
30. Necessary; indispensable
Symbiotic
Requisite
Obviate
Banal
31. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Caveat
Euphemism
Probity
32. Inclined to keep quiet
Apocryphal
Reticent
Supercilious
Superfluous
33. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
Requisite
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Levity
34. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Scintilla
Vitiate
Prevaricate
Diction
35. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Acumen
Acrimony
Chicanery
Erudite
36. Lacking in courage and resolution
Metaphor
Pusillanimous
Syntax
Avarice
37. Relating to money
Didactic
Pusillanimous
Reticent
Pecuniary
38. An amendment to an existing will
Codicil
Nefarious
Hyperbole
Succinct
39. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Limited liability companies
Collegial
Nefarious
Consanguineous
40. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Binary
Exiguous
Consanguineous
41. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Obviate
Lexicon
Iconoclast
42. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Ameliorate
Ethereal
Iconoclast
Acumen
43. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Logomachy
Syntax
Caveat
NB
44. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Syntax
Halcyon
Adumbrate
Hyperbole
45. An indispensable thing
Puerile
Requisite
Sine qua non
Pejorative
46. A natural inclination; predisposition
Proclivity
Milieu
Visceral
Facetious
47. Id est (that is)
Inchoate
i.e.
Hyperbole
Puerile
48. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Vitiate
Abrogate
Equivocate
Allegory
49. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Consanguineous
Didactic
Adumbrate
50. Having bounds
Patrician
Lexicon
Finite
Res Ipsa Loquitur