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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Banal
Binary
Visceral
Verve
2. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Euphemism
Levity
Superfluous
Sardonic
3. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Forbearance
Superfluous
Milieu
Unilateral
4. The use of trickery to deceive
Chicanery
Sojourn
Simile
Puerile
5. 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
Lexicon
Metaphor
Probity
Codicil
6. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Simile
Cadre
Specious
Succinct
7. A warning or caution
Caveat
Reticent
Sine qua non
Euphemism
8. Making a loud outcry
Carpe diem
Vociferous
Succinct
Sojourn
9. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Verve
Aphorism
Loquacious
Sojourn
10. Very talkative
Salient
Loquacious
Bi-polar
Sine qua non
11. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Inane
Binary
Facetious
12. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Sojourn
Vitiate
Ethereal
Hyperbole
13. Deadly
Syntax
Fortuitous
Pernicious
Disingenuous
14. Bitterly sarcastic
Diction
Syllogism
Carpe diem
Sardonic
15. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Concatenation
Lexicon
Hyperbole
Inane
16. Argument over the definition of words
Limited liability companies
Logomachy
Vilify
Syntax
17. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Diction
Symbiotic
Bifurcate
Lexicon
18. Displaing a lack of maturity
Caveat
Puerile
Vitiate
Inchoate
19. Relating to money
Arcane
Apocryphal
Pecuniary
Sojourn
20. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Superfluous
Finite
Nefarious
21. A natural inclination; predisposition
Logomachy
Proclivity
Syntax
Nefarious
22. Disparaging - belittling
Aphorism
Pejorative
Reticent
Erudite
23. To go back on a promise or commitment
Ameliorate
Vitiate
Renege
Aphorism
24. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Pusillanimous
Acerbic
Facetious
Acumen
25. A chain; a succession
Reticent
Pedantic
Concatenation
Nefarious
26. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Limited liability companies
Abrogate
Fait accompli
Sine qua non
27. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Specious
Sine qua non
Collegial
28. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Adumbrate
Levity
Forbearance
Binary
29. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Egalitarian
Exiguous
Acrimony
Vociferous
30. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Inchoate
Scintilla
Acerbic
31. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Indolent
Ellipsis
Limited liability companies
Allegory
32. An indispensable thing
Unilateral
Scintilla
Sine qua non
Exiguous
33. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Forbearance
Dilatory
Sardonic
Pedantic
34. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Chortle
Iconoclast
Dilatory
Puerile
35. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Superfluous
Allegory
Didactic
Specious
36. Having only one side
Disingenuous
Unilateral
Pedantic
Sine qua non
37. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Concatenation
Bifurcate
Avarice
38. Wicked in the extreme
Avarice
Nefarious
Specious
Limited liability companies
39. To make faulty or imperfect
Milieu
Vitiate
Disingenuous
Acumen
40. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Pusillanimous
Ken
Adumbrate
Equivocate
41. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Dilatory
Ken
Erudite
Vociferous
42. Necessary; indispensable
Reticent
Requisite
Obviate
Indolent
43. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Carpe diem
Requisite
Pecuniary
44. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Prevaricate
Limited liability companies
Tautological
Res Ipsa Loquitur
45. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Exiguous
Symbiotic
Pernicious
46. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Disingenuous
Requisite
Specious
Verve
47. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Syntax
Diction
Chicanery
Lexicon
48. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Forbearance
Disingenuous
Patrician
Verve
49. The thing speaks for itself
E.g.
Visceral
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Codicil
50. Exempli gratia (for example)
Facetious
Abrogate
Pedantic
E.g.