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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Acrimony
Allegory
Vociferous
Collegial
2. Argument over the definition of words
Logomachy
Caveat
Indolent
Proclivity
3. Full; entire; complete
Vitiate
Patrician
Vilify
Plenary
4. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Ethereal
Halcyon
Sardonic
Chortle
5. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Bi-polar
Milieu
Ken
Consanguineous
6. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Lexicon
Apocryphal
Pedantic
Aphorism
7. Favoring social equality
Sojourn
Egalitarian
Hyperbole
Pecuniary
8. An amendment to an existing will
Collegial
Codicil
Facetious
Inchoate
9. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Consanguineous
Diction
Halcyon
Equivocate
10. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Verve
Acerbic
Sojourn
Eclectic
11. Disparaging - belittling
Pejorative
Logomachy
Abrogate
Probity
12. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Eclectic
Adumbrate
Halcyon
Succinct
13. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Dilatory
Abrogate
Iconoclast
14. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
E.g.
Demagogue
Capricious
15. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Arcane
Plenary
Sojourn
Didactic
16. A natural inclination; predisposition
Finite
Forbearance
Euphemism
Proclivity
17. To go back on a promise or commitment
Vilify
Renege
Probity
Milieu
18. Displaing a lack of maturity
Milieu
Carpe diem
Puerile
Syntax
19. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Abrogate
Metaphor
Superfluous
Erudite
20. Inclined to keep quiet
Avarice
Reticent
Indolent
Inchoate
21. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Myopic
Facetious
Logomachy
22. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Hyperbole
Pernicious
Binary
Chicanery
23. Very talkative
Loquacious
Verve
Levity
Bi-polar
24. Brief - concise
Syntax
Succinct
Arcane
Salient
25. Making a loud outcry
Nefarious
Forbearance
Scintilla
Vociferous
26. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Prevaricate
Ameliorate
Pejorative
Acrimony
27. Environment; setting
Acrimony
Milieu
Apocryphal
Myopic
28. Deadly
Pernicious
Reticent
Syllogism
Forbearance
29. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Ethereal
Ephemeral
Vociferous
Myopic
30. Extremely scanty (bare)
Indolent
Sojourn
Exiguous
Abrogate
31. Bitterly sarcastic
Disingenuous
Didactic
E.g.
Sardonic
32. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Tautological
Finite
Euphemism
Scintilla
33. Lacking in courage and resolution
Sine qua non
Pusillanimous
Syntax
Ephemeral
34. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Salient
Probity
Metaphor
Acrimony
35. Lofty with pride
Allegory
Ken
Supercilious
Capricious
36. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Ameliorate
Obviate
Superfluous
Levity
37. To depart from or evade the truth
Nefarious
i.e.
Pedantic
Prevaricate
38. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Acumen
Tautological
Consanguineous
Sine qua non
39. To prevent by interception
Obviate
Egalitarian
Salient
Indolent
40. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Finite
Equivocate
Simile
Concatenation
41. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Acrimony
Loquacious
Ellipsis
Fortuitous
42. The use of trickery to deceive
Chicanery
Obviate
Superfluous
Specious
43. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Visceral
Ken
Metaphor
Puerile
44. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Abrogate
Ellipsis
Scintilla
Renege
45. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Carpe diem
Simile
Cadre
46. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Iconoclast
Supercilious
Chortle
Caveat
47. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Facetious
Ephemeral
Chortle
Forbearance
48. The thing speaks for itself
Ubiquitous
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Plenary
Cadre
49. Course - base - instinctive
Visceral
Aphorism
Probity
Banal
50. Being everywhere
Pedantic
Halcyon
Ubiquitous
Unilateral