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1. Happening by chance
Logomachy
Prevaricate
Fortuitous
Exiguous
2. Argument over the definition of words
Disingenuous
Syntax
Simile
Logomachy
3. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Prevaricate
Verve
Ken
Bi-polar
4. Commonplace; trivial
Iconoclast
Milieu
Renege
Banal
5. Environment; setting
Exiguous
Pejorative
Supercilious
Milieu
6. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Demagogue
Renege
Arcane
Ken
7. Inclined to keep quiet
Indolent
Reticent
Vitiate
Halcyon
8. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Didactic
Acumen
Puerile
Reticent
9. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
Simile
Obviate
Cadre
10. Favoring social equality
Sine qua non
Acumen
Egalitarian
Inchoate
11. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Avarice
Iconoclast
Finite
Sine qua non
12. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Collegial
Obviate
Inane
Fait accompli
13. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Verve
Arcane
Disingenuous
14. Deadly
Pernicious
Symbiotic
Bi-polar
Ameliorate
15. Seize the moment
Equivocate
Carpe diem
Finite
Sine qua non
16. Brief - concise
Avarice
Succinct
Chicanery
Hyperbole
17. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Ellipsis
Chortle
Acrimony
Acumen
18. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Vociferous
Salient
Carpe diem
Disingenuous
19. Understood by only a few
Aphorism
Superfluous
Limited liability companies
Arcane
20. Lacking in courage and resolution
Euphemism
Proclivity
Pusillanimous
Syntax
21. To make faulty or imperfect
Ephemeral
Eclectic
Vitiate
Obviate
22. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Consanguineous
Adumbrate
Facetious
23. A natural inclination; predisposition
Syllogism
Proclivity
Vociferous
Iconoclast
24. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Vociferous
Bifurcate
Forbearance
25. A warning or caution
Fait accompli
Caveat
Chortle
E.g.
26. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ubiquitous
Hyperbole
Ellipsis
Specious
27. To depart from or evade the truth
Equivocate
Facetious
Symbiotic
Prevaricate
28. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Equivocate
Caveat
Pedantic
29. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Salient
Iconoclast
Ephemeral
Scintilla
30. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
NB
Lexicon
Specious
Chortle
31. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Symbiotic
Chortle
Apocryphal
32. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Banal
Plenary
Cadre
Halcyon
33. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Verve
Fait accompli
Vociferous
34. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Euphemism
Indolent
Consanguineous
Eclectic
35. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Abrogate
Syntax
Allegory
Symbiotic
36. Displaing a lack of maturity
Exiguous
Patrician
Metaphor
Puerile
37. Very talkative
Avarice
Salient
Loquacious
Nefarious
38. Having bounds
Pedantic
Euphemism
Finite
Lexicon
39. Id est (that is)
Chicanery
i.e.
Succinct
Plenary
40. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Specious
Loquacious
Reticent
Disingenuous
41. Disparaging - belittling
Pejorative
Salient
Ameliorate
NB
42. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Obviate
Specious
Erudite
Aphorism
43. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Salient
Aphorism
Bi-polar
Hyperbole
44. Exempli gratia (for example)
Metaphor
E.g.
Indolent
Specious
45. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Aphorism
Patrician
Forbearance
46. To prevent by interception
Verve
Adumbrate
Obviate
Syntax
47. Course - base - instinctive
Visceral
Requisite
Vilify
Codicil
48. Making a loud outcry
Succinct
Chortle
Euphemism
Vociferous
49. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Scintilla
Chortle
Inane
Logomachy
50. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Demagogue
Acerbic
Arcane
Avarice
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