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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Syntax
Plenary
Logomachy
Simile
2. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Inane
Facetious
Vitiate
3. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Finite
Verve
NB
Facetious
4. Lofty with pride
Acumen
Supercilious
Bifurcate
Caveat
5. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Chortle
Collegial
Aphorism
Patrician
6. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Consanguineous
Vociferous
Plenary
Syllogism
7. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Logomachy
Ethereal
Symbiotic
8. An indispensable thing
Milieu
Sine qua non
Demagogue
Bifurcate
9. Being everywhere
Plenary
Adumbrate
Renege
Ubiquitous
10. Having only one side
Symbiotic
Pernicious
Unilateral
Iconoclast
11. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Didactic
Patrician
Pedantic
Symbiotic
12. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Avarice
Banal
Cadre
Inchoate
13. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Cadre
Vilify
Avarice
Didactic
14. Commonplace; trivial
Collegial
Banal
Halcyon
Verve
15. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Avarice
Vociferous
Ellipsis
16. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Specious
Loquacious
Bi-polar
Collegial
17. Understood by only a few
Obviate
Levity
Pernicious
Arcane
18. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
Euphemism
Sardonic
Halcyon
19. 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
Concatenation
Renege
Facetious
Metaphor
20. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Scintilla
Dilatory
Halcyon
Indolent
21. Whimsical; changeable
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Fait accompli
Ubiquitous
Capricious
22. Argument over the definition of words
Aphorism
Disingenuous
Renege
Logomachy
23. Disparaging - belittling
Consanguineous
Nefarious
Caveat
Pejorative
24. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Pedantic
Erudite
Levity
Apocryphal
25. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Logomachy
Verve
i.e.
Syntax
26. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Fortuitous
Inchoate
Metaphor
27. A chain; a succession
Apocryphal
Concatenation
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Didactic
28. Id est (that is)
Limited liability companies
Scintilla
i.e.
Avarice
29. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Euphemism
Fait accompli
Acerbic
Renege
30. To divide into two parts or branches
Ken
Tautological
Bifurcate
Loquacious
31. Brief - concise
Succinct
Cadre
Avarice
Vitiate
32. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Bi-polar
Abrogate
Superfluous
Ameliorate
33. Full; entire; complete
Reticent
Ubiquitous
Plenary
Apocryphal
34. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Abrogate
Caveat
Bi-polar
Consanguineous
35. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Visceral
Scintilla
Diction
Hyperbole
36. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Concatenation
Visceral
Sojourn
Ubiquitous
37. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Syntax
Allegory
Logomachy
Consanguineous
38. Relating to money
Vociferous
Pecuniary
Verve
Plenary
39. Short lived
Probity
Ephemeral
Ameliorate
Sine qua non
40. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Eclectic
Syllogism
Nefarious
Inchoate
41. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Specious
Arcane
Bi-polar
42. Course - base - instinctive
Bifurcate
Bi-polar
Capricious
Visceral
43. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Iconoclast
Tautological
E.g.
Verve
44. Inclined to keep quiet
Chortle
NB
Reticent
Chicanery
45. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Salient
Patrician
Didactic
Euphemism
46. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Collegial
Scintilla
Ameliorate
Specious
47. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Didactic
Ken
Disingenuous
Sine qua non
48. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Ephemeral
Concatenation
Renege
Eclectic
49. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Puerile
Avarice
Ephemeral
Inane
50. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Pernicious
Forbearance
Plenary
Ellipsis