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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Syntax
Puerile
Fait accompli
Forbearance
2. Course - base - instinctive
Loquacious
Concatenation
Visceral
Milieu
3. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Syntax
Lexicon
Apocryphal
4. To depart from or evade the truth
Pejorative
Syllogism
Visceral
Prevaricate
5. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Carpe diem
Chicanery
Equivocate
6. Deadly
Chicanery
Facetious
Pernicious
Codicil
7. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Sojourn
Inchoate
Apocryphal
Lexicon
8. Relating to money
Logomachy
Pecuniary
Lexicon
Proclivity
9. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Erudite
Pecuniary
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Ethereal
10. Whimsical; changeable
Caveat
Capricious
Cadre
Acerbic
11. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Avarice
Facetious
Vociferous
12. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Puerile
Limited liability companies
Collegial
Patrician
13. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Loquacious
Verve
Aphorism
Reticent
14. Necessary; indispensable
Consanguineous
Requisite
Syntax
Puerile
15. Very talkative
Limited liability companies
Aphorism
Loquacious
Sardonic
16. A natural inclination; predisposition
Proclivity
Levity
Bi-polar
Demagogue
17. Being everywhere
Unilateral
Lexicon
Ubiquitous
Bi-polar
18. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Aphorism
Simile
Myopic
Nefarious
19. Brief - concise
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Succinct
Collegial
Ellipsis
20. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Capricious
Vilify
Acumen
21. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Supercilious
Acumen
Puerile
NB
22. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Caveat
Sojourn
Metaphor
Acerbic
23. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Bi-polar
Plenary
Pedantic
Didactic
24. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Ellipsis
Euphemism
Requisite
Didactic
25. 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
Capricious
Avarice
E.g.
Metaphor
26. Commonplace; trivial
Codicil
Syntax
Banal
Equivocate
27. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Verve
Sine qua non
Pernicious
Halcyon
28. To prevent by interception
Concatenation
Equivocate
Symbiotic
Obviate
29. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Prevaricate
Indolent
Probity
Salient
30. Short lived
Allegory
Scintilla
Obviate
Ephemeral
31. Extremely scanty (bare)
Iconoclast
Renege
Logomachy
Exiguous
32. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Facetious
Sardonic
Eclectic
Loquacious
33. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Disingenuous
Simile
Carpe diem
Inchoate
34. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Plenary
Pernicious
Specious
Ethereal
35. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
NB
Ellipsis
Acrimony
Inchoate
36. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Apocryphal
Acumen
Finite
37. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Supercilious
Plenary
Ellipsis
Chortle
38. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Chicanery
Pedantic
Logomachy
Allegory
39. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Requisite
Supercilious
Cadre
Scintilla
40. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Binary
Equivocate
Tautological
Allegory
41. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Binary
Proclivity
Dilatory
Ephemeral
42. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Finite
Ken
Banal
Prevaricate
43. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Syntax
Syllogism
Lexicon
Collegial
44. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Indolent
Symbiotic
Equivocate
45. Id est (that is)
Chortle
i.e.
Lexicon
Reticent
46. An amendment to an existing will
Chicanery
Aphorism
Codicil
Halcyon
47. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Ethereal
Diction
Syllogism
Capricious
48. Seize the moment
Acrimony
Carpe diem
Ubiquitous
Euphemism
49. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Exiguous
Ken
Superfluous
Adumbrate
50. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Sojourn
Ameliorate
Syntax
Bi-polar