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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Superfluous
Caveat
Ameliorate
Avarice
2. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Ephemeral
Probity
Forbearance
3. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Allegory
Ellipsis
Acumen
Bi-polar
4. Understood by only a few
Fortuitous
Arcane
Proclivity
Acrimony
5. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Diction
Pejorative
Avarice
6. Brief - concise
Probity
Ken
Succinct
Halcyon
7. The thing speaks for itself
Limited liability companies
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Bifurcate
Bi-polar
8. Deadly
Puerile
Fortuitous
Sine qua non
Pernicious
9. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Indolent
Simile
Inane
Allegory
10. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Acerbic
Myopic
Allegory
11. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Logomachy
Inane
Bi-polar
Ken
12. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Supercilious
Bi-polar
Myopic
Reticent
13. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Demagogue
Vilify
Forbearance
Ethereal
14. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Metaphor
Bifurcate
E.g.
15. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Collegial
Consanguineous
Bi-polar
16. Having only one side
Avarice
Allegory
Unilateral
NB
17. Making a loud outcry
Visceral
Superfluous
Facetious
Vociferous
18. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Supercilious
Aphorism
Diction
19. Favoring social equality
Proclivity
Finite
Supercilious
Egalitarian
20. To prevent by interception
Ephemeral
Obviate
Succinct
Acumen
21. Very talkative
Disingenuous
Eclectic
Loquacious
Consanguineous
22. To make faulty or imperfect
Vitiate
Plenary
Fortuitous
Halcyon
23. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Obviate
Eclectic
Fait accompli
Inchoate
24. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
i.e.
Levity
Acumen
Bi-polar
25. To depart from or evade the truth
Pedantic
Demagogue
Prevaricate
Ephemeral
26. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Pedantic
i.e.
Verve
Equivocate
27. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Ellipsis
Chortle
Patrician
28. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Eclectic
Acumen
Sojourn
Sardonic
29. Full; entire; complete
Carpe diem
Pedantic
Plenary
Finite
30. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Sojourn
Fortuitous
Acumen
31. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Syntax
Exiguous
Symbiotic
Arcane
32. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Ubiquitous
Iconoclast
Scintilla
Dilatory
33. An indispensable thing
i.e.
Verve
Sine qua non
Equivocate
34. Having bounds
E.g.
Capricious
Diction
Finite
35. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Acerbic
Verve
Consanguineous
36. Environment; setting
Vilify
Didactic
Milieu
Metaphor
37. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Sojourn
Binary
Specious
Ethereal
38. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Unilateral
Pedantic
Facetious
Caveat
39. Course - base - instinctive
Ameliorate
Scintilla
Visceral
Erudite
40. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Ephemeral
Caveat
Superfluous
Levity
41. To go back on a promise or commitment
Sardonic
Renege
Carpe diem
Levity
42. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Myopic
Specious
Inchoate
Erudite
43. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
NB
Equivocate
Erudite
Acerbic
44. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Disingenuous
Didactic
Abrogate
Sine qua non
45. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Demagogue
Collegial
Patrician
Exiguous
46. Exempli gratia (for example)
Sardonic
Requisite
E.g.
Acerbic
47. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Vociferous
Syntax
Limited liability companies
48. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Probity
Avarice
Allegory
Acerbic
49. A warning or caution
Eclectic
Caveat
Pernicious
Tautological
50. Lacking in courage and resolution
Diction
Pusillanimous
Ephemeral
Superfluous