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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. The use of trickery to deceive
Chicanery
Succinct
Ellipsis
Cadre
2. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Acerbic
Reticent
Pedantic
Ken
3. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Aphorism
Obviate
E.g.
4. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Obviate
Chicanery
Requisite
5. To make faulty or imperfect
Iconoclast
Diction
Vitiate
Dilatory
6. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Specious
Acerbic
Facetious
Nefarious
7. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Exiguous
Reticent
Proclivity
Syllogism
8. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Myopic
Concatenation
Acrimony
Proclivity
9. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
NB
Puerile
Metaphor
Bi-polar
10. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Fortuitous
Ephemeral
E.g.
Collegial
11. A warning or caution
Syllogism
Caveat
Banal
Loquacious
12. Relating to money
Levity
Verve
Renege
Pecuniary
13. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Diction
Bi-polar
Acrimony
14. More than is wanted or is sufficient
NB
Sardonic
Superfluous
Chicanery
15. Exempli gratia (for example)
Logomachy
Apocryphal
Requisite
E.g.
16. To prevent by interception
E.g.
Obviate
Disingenuous
Tautological
17. An amendment to an existing will
Hyperbole
Codicil
NB
Proclivity
18. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Ephemeral
Scintilla
Pedantic
Ubiquitous
19. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Sardonic
Symbiotic
Vociferous
20. A natural inclination; predisposition
Proclivity
Specious
Equivocate
Renege
21. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Specious
Requisite
Euphemism
Aphorism
22. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Exiguous
Renege
Adumbrate
Cadre
23. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Superfluous
Apocryphal
Unilateral
Logomachy
24. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Ellipsis
Unilateral
Capricious
Verve
25. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
E.g.
Salient
Iconoclast
Requisite
26. Deadly
Logomachy
Pernicious
Acumen
Dilatory
27. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Myopic
Didactic
Iconoclast
Ellipsis
28. Extremely scanty (bare)
Hyperbole
Sojourn
Exiguous
Cadre
29. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Finite
Egalitarian
Carpe diem
30. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Acerbic
Facetious
Plenary
Banal
31. Making a loud outcry
Syllogism
Limited liability companies
Egalitarian
Vociferous
32. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Iconoclast
Vilify
Symbiotic
33. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Pejorative
Halcyon
Erudite
Capricious
34. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Eclectic
Indolent
Levity
Forbearance
35. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Pecuniary
i.e.
Finite
36. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Syntax
Euphemism
Acerbic
Equivocate
37. An indispensable thing
Forbearance
Bifurcate
Tautological
Sine qua non
38. Lacking in courage and resolution
Vilify
Dilatory
Pusillanimous
Iconoclast
39. Brief - concise
Pernicious
Succinct
Euphemism
Renege
40. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Adumbrate
Diction
Disingenuous
Tautological
41. Being everywhere
Probity
Scintilla
NB
Ubiquitous
42. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Prevaricate
Puerile
Didactic
Pedantic
43. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Supercilious
Avarice
Ellipsis
Apocryphal
44. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Milieu
Allegory
Consanguineous
Acrimony
45. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Obviate
Demagogue
Sojourn
Facetious
46. Honesty - uprightness
Codicil
Pejorative
Myopic
Probity
47. Having bounds
Arcane
Finite
Consanguineous
Equivocate
48. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Inane
Exiguous
Erudite
49. Short lived
Consanguineous
Patrician
Fait accompli
Ephemeral
50. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
E.g.
Chicanery
i.e.