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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Milieu
Fait accompli
Carpe diem
Concatenation
2. To depart from or evade the truth
Prevaricate
Ethereal
Nefarious
Proclivity
3. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Diction
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Didactic
4. Necessary; indispensable
Facetious
Indolent
Requisite
Plenary
5. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Requisite
Diction
Acrimony
Succinct
6. The use of trickery to deceive
Chicanery
Levity
Ken
Lexicon
7. Commonplace; trivial
Limited liability companies
Banal
Allegory
Simile
8. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Myopic
Pedantic
Pernicious
9. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Abrogate
Scintilla
Concatenation
Pecuniary
10. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Capricious
Indolent
Concatenation
11. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Caveat
Pernicious
Bi-polar
Iconoclast
12. Inclined to keep quiet
Sine qua non
Reticent
Vitiate
Carpe diem
13. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Cadre
Hyperbole
Indolent
Superfluous
14. Environment; setting
Tautological
Milieu
Inchoate
Apocryphal
15. Wicked in the extreme
Pusillanimous
Nefarious
Ellipsis
Acrimony
16. Having bounds
Finite
Vociferous
Syllogism
Ethereal
17. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Lexicon
Binary
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Vilify
18. Whimsical; changeable
Loquacious
Supercilious
Symbiotic
Capricious
19. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Pejorative
Plenary
Simile
20. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
Pejorative
Cadre
Concatenation
21. Exempli gratia (for example)
Capricious
Erudite
Acrimony
E.g.
22. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Pernicious
Inchoate
Superfluous
Fait accompli
23. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Indolent
Abrogate
Aphorism
24. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Inane
Puerile
Sojourn
Collegial
25. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Ethereal
Puerile
Inchoate
26. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Ameliorate
Syllogism
Specious
Erudite
27. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Puerile
Didactic
Disingenuous
Prevaricate
28. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Vociferous
Allegory
Acumen
29. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
E.g.
Inane
Bi-polar
Pedantic
30. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Eclectic
Pusillanimous
Chicanery
Carpe diem
31. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Demagogue
Nefarious
Syntax
NB
32. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Syntax
Probity
Res Ipsa Loquitur
33. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Abrogate
Logomachy
Prevaricate
Inchoate
34. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Egalitarian
Myopic
Lexicon
Capricious
35. Extremely scanty (bare)
Hyperbole
Exiguous
Avarice
Limited liability companies
36. Deadly
Pernicious
Syllogism
Arcane
Limited liability companies
37. A chain; a succession
NB
E.g.
Concatenation
Supercilious
38. Understood by only a few
E.g.
Arcane
Concatenation
Scintilla
39. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Fortuitous
Patrician
Specious
Cadre
40. Lofty with pride
Limited liability companies
Salient
Erudite
Supercilious
41. A natural inclination; predisposition
Equivocate
Inane
Succinct
Proclivity
42. Short lived
Ephemeral
Sardonic
Loquacious
Proclivity
43. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Indolent
Milieu
Codicil
Chortle
44. Full; entire; complete
Pecuniary
Chortle
Plenary
Hyperbole
45. To make or grow better
Fortuitous
Patrician
Disingenuous
Ameliorate
46. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Ellipsis
Forbearance
Supercilious
Concatenation
47. The thing speaks for itself
Dilatory
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Renege
Reticent
48. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Ephemeral
Forbearance
Pedantic
Didactic
49. Being everywhere
Exiguous
Syntax
Ubiquitous
Concatenation
50. Very talkative
Inane
Bifurcate
Loquacious
Requisite