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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Understood by only a few
Ethereal
Arcane
Vilify
Puerile
2. To divide into two parts or branches
Inchoate
Consanguineous
Proclivity
Bifurcate
3. Bitterly sarcastic
Facetious
Capricious
Sardonic
Inane
4. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Plenary
Consanguineous
Sojourn
5. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
NB
Indolent
Acrimony
Diction
6. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Halcyon
Limited liability companies
Erudite
7. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Pusillanimous
Probity
Adumbrate
Fait accompli
8. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Abrogate
Puerile
Sojourn
Acerbic
9. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Halcyon
Demagogue
Inchoate
Puerile
10. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Eclectic
Requisite
Sine qua non
Prevaricate
11. Having only one side
Ken
Unilateral
Erudite
Consanguineous
12. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Ubiquitous
Acrimony
Finite
13. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Facetious
Acerbic
Pedantic
Acrimony
14. Disparaging - belittling
Carpe diem
Proclivity
Eclectic
Pejorative
15. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Pedantic
Symbiotic
Chortle
Superfluous
16. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Specious
NB
Acumen
Allegory
17. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Ethereal
Inchoate
Puerile
18. Argument over the definition of words
Chicanery
Apocryphal
Hyperbole
Logomachy
19. Extremely scanty (bare)
Egalitarian
Nefarious
Exiguous
Puerile
20. A warning or caution
Eclectic
Caveat
Pernicious
Euphemism
21. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Erudite
Arcane
Vilify
22. Lacking in courage and resolution
Pusillanimous
Puerile
Nefarious
Bi-polar
23. Environment; setting
Milieu
Facetious
Euphemism
Res Ipsa Loquitur
24. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Carpe diem
Bi-polar
Ken
Pernicious
25. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Requisite
Abrogate
Capricious
Indolent
26. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Inchoate
Simile
Scintilla
Myopic
27. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Pernicious
Bi-polar
Vilify
Supercilious
28. A natural inclination; predisposition
Sojourn
Codicil
Egalitarian
Proclivity
29. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Abrogate
Ken
Syntax
Fait accompli
30. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Ubiquitous
Apocryphal
Caveat
Abrogate
31. A chain; a succession
Syllogism
Concatenation
Forbearance
Puerile
32. An amendment to an existing will
Codicil
Eclectic
Simile
Iconoclast
33. Full; entire; complete
Apocryphal
Chortle
Plenary
Iconoclast
34. Happening by chance
Eclectic
Fortuitous
Ameliorate
Demagogue
35. To make faulty or imperfect
Vitiate
Bifurcate
Proclivity
Inane
36. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Syllogism
Sardonic
Levity
Inchoate
37. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Collegial
Vilify
Prevaricate
38. Deadly
Finite
Pusillanimous
Pernicious
Inane
39. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Pecuniary
Milieu
Puerile
Specious
40. An indispensable thing
Salient
Demagogue
Sine qua non
Avarice
41. Inclined to keep quiet
Exiguous
Demagogue
Carpe diem
Reticent
42. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Disingenuous
Logomachy
Apocryphal
43. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Obviate
Pecuniary
Symbiotic
44. To depart from or evade the truth
Pernicious
Eclectic
Prevaricate
NB
45. Commonplace; trivial
Abrogate
Loquacious
Tautological
Banal
46. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Carpe diem
E.g.
Finite
Avarice
47. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Adumbrate
Fortuitous
Succinct
Inane
48. The use of trickery to deceive
Codicil
Succinct
Chicanery
Iconoclast
49. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Syntax
Eclectic
Caveat
50. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Sine qua non
Facetious
Erudite
Codicil