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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Seize the moment
NB
Consanguineous
Carpe diem
Vociferous
2. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Prevaricate
Cadre
Concatenation
3. Course - base - instinctive
E.g.
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Succinct
Visceral
4. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Levity
Bifurcate
Codicil
5. Extravagant exaggeration
Metaphor
Forbearance
Proclivity
Hyperbole
6. Displaing a lack of maturity
Plenary
Puerile
Vilify
Ubiquitous
7. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
E.g.
Acumen
Euphemism
Syntax
8. A warning or caution
E.g.
Caveat
Forbearance
Visceral
9. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Ameliorate
Consanguineous
Cadre
Binary
10. To depart from or evade the truth
Ubiquitous
Reticent
Ameliorate
Prevaricate
11. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Carpe diem
Demagogue
Patrician
Euphemism
12. Necessary; indispensable
Hyperbole
Caveat
Requisite
Succinct
13. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Sardonic
Obviate
Pecuniary
14. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Aphorism
Erudite
Symbiotic
Obviate
15. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Carpe diem
NB
16. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Ubiquitous
Collegial
Facetious
Syllogism
17. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Fait accompli
Acrimony
Requisite
18. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Indolent
Ethereal
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Arcane
19. Lacking in courage and resolution
Caveat
Pusillanimous
Collegial
Acerbic
20. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Forbearance
Symbiotic
Dilatory
21. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Banal
Binary
Fait accompli
Vilify
22. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Tautological
Adumbrate
E.g.
23. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Euphemism
Obviate
Pecuniary
24. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Ken
Vociferous
Hyperbole
25. Relating to money
Hyperbole
Collegial
Pecuniary
NB
26. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Obviate
Renege
Demagogue
Hyperbole
27. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Chortle
Inane
Pedantic
Vitiate
28. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Superfluous
Pusillanimous
Equivocate
Specious
29. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Puerile
Abrogate
Requisite
Ellipsis
30. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Diction
Banal
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Finite
31. An amendment to an existing will
Levity
Sojourn
Egalitarian
Codicil
32. Happening by chance
Consanguineous
Reticent
Fortuitous
Eclectic
33. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Scintilla
Prevaricate
Reticent
Sojourn
34. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Diction
Sojourn
Ken
Chortle
35. The use of trickery to deceive
Binary
Chicanery
Egalitarian
Vitiate
36. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Adumbrate
Dilatory
Unilateral
37. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Fortuitous
Inchoate
Dilatory
Ameliorate
38. To make faulty or imperfect
Concatenation
Loquacious
Vitiate
Indolent
39. Brief - concise
Obviate
Simile
Allegory
Succinct
40. A natural inclination; predisposition
Renege
Acrimony
Proclivity
Adumbrate
41. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Reticent
Avarice
Specious
42. The thing speaks for itself
Fortuitous
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Pejorative
NB
43. To divide into two parts or branches
Dilatory
Bifurcate
Specious
Demagogue
44. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Simile
Diction
Loquacious
Adumbrate
45. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Concatenation
Adumbrate
Ameliorate
Acerbic
46. An indispensable thing
Vitiate
Bifurcate
Concatenation
Sine qua non
47. 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
Sojourn
Halcyon
Metaphor
Syntax
48. Argument over the definition of words
Banal
Salient
Logomachy
Halcyon
49. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Exiguous
Ken
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50. Bitterly sarcastic
Nefarious
Loquacious
Sardonic
Fortuitous