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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. A chain; a succession
Vilify
Concatenation
Finite
Lexicon
2. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Equivocate
Inane
Pejorative
Renege
3. To depart from or evade the truth
Sine qua non
Prevaricate
Caveat
Verve
4. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Vitiate
E.g.
Indolent
Lexicon
5. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Patrician
Vitiate
Limited liability companies
Banal
6. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Pedantic
Metaphor
Nefarious
Ethereal
7. Inclined to keep quiet
Carpe diem
Ken
Facetious
Reticent
8. Short lived
Scintilla
Ephemeral
Concatenation
Levity
9. Whimsical; changeable
Ethereal
Capricious
Puerile
Cadre
10. Extravagant exaggeration
Milieu
Hyperbole
Lexicon
Sojourn
11. To make faulty or imperfect
Adumbrate
Superfluous
Vitiate
Caveat
12. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Unilateral
Requisite
Superfluous
13. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Pedantic
Limited liability companies
Ethereal
14. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Bi-polar
Res Ipsa Loquitur
i.e.
15. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Chicanery
Inchoate
Plenary
16. Being everywhere
Avarice
Euphemism
i.e.
Ubiquitous
17. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Allegory
Apocryphal
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Euphemism
18. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Equivocate
Pedantic
19. The thing speaks for itself
Metaphor
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Sojourn
Abrogate
20. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Ameliorate
Disingenuous
Abrogate
Codicil
21. A natural inclination; predisposition
Allegory
Proclivity
Verve
Requisite
22. An amendment to an existing will
Chortle
Codicil
Ellipsis
Erudite
23. Deadly
Patrician
Syntax
Pernicious
Carpe diem
24. Lacking in courage and resolution
Nefarious
Pusillanimous
Plenary
Consanguineous
25. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Ephemeral
Euphemism
Bi-polar
Acumen
26. Having bounds
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Finite
Collegial
Allegory
27. 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
Tautological
Iconoclast
Metaphor
Acerbic
28. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Myopic
Collegial
Capricious
Pejorative
29. Course - base - instinctive
Ken
Visceral
Cadre
Ethereal
30. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Egalitarian
Bi-polar
Patrician
31. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Erudite
Metaphor
Patrician
Abrogate
32. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Proclivity
Ephemeral
Inchoate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
33. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Acrimony
Simile
Inchoate
34. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Specious
Euphemism
Erudite
Diction
35. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Syllogism
Euphemism
Demagogue
36. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Halcyon
Aphorism
Didactic
Limited liability companies
37. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Salient
Eclectic
Acerbic
Vociferous
38. Making a loud outcry
Pusillanimous
Eclectic
Sine qua non
Vociferous
39. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Probity
Syntax
Tautological
Logomachy
40. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Sine qua non
Forbearance
Facetious
Succinct
41. Environment; setting
Sojourn
Pejorative
Milieu
Bi-polar
42. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Demagogue
Syllogism
Tautological
Pecuniary
43. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Eclectic
Supercilious
Vilify
Pusillanimous
44. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Iconoclast
Acerbic
Acrimony
Abrogate
45. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ellipsis
Myopic
Vilify
Sine qua non
46. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Pejorative
Fait accompli
Unilateral
Acerbic
47. Id est (that is)
Salient
i.e.
Inane
Obviate
48. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Aphorism
Acrimony
Renege
49. Displaing a lack of maturity
Iconoclast
Ethereal
Probity
Puerile
50. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Capricious
Didactic
Puerile