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100 Words For Every College Student
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Extravagant exaggeration
Plenary
Hyperbole
Forbearance
Vociferous
2. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Milieu
Apocryphal
Demagogue
3. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Facetious
Myopic
Acumen
4. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Obviate
Chicanery
Allegory
5. To divide into two parts or branches
Plenary
Concatenation
Pejorative
Bifurcate
6. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Ameliorate
Lexicon
Vociferous
7. A natural inclination; predisposition
Specious
Sojourn
Syllogism
Proclivity
8. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Aphorism
Adumbrate
Bi-polar
9. Environment; setting
Milieu
Puerile
Levity
Egalitarian
10. Whimsical; changeable
Apocryphal
Levity
Capricious
Pusillanimous
11. Lofty with pride
Ethereal
Supercilious
Vociferous
Bi-polar
12. To go back on a promise or commitment
Renege
Limited liability companies
Pejorative
Diction
13. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Patrician
Fortuitous
Aphorism
14. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Pernicious
Syntax
Exiguous
15. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Finite
Demagogue
Pusillanimous
16. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Carpe diem
Acrimony
Syntax
Limited liability companies
17. Full; entire; complete
i.e.
Disingenuous
Plenary
Caveat
18. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Hyperbole
Tautological
Milieu
Limited liability companies
19. The use of trickery to deceive
Chicanery
Inane
Levity
Chortle
20. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Supercilious
Arcane
Vociferous
21. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Pejorative
Collegial
Vilify
Probity
22. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
Hyperbole
Pecuniary
Lexicon
23. Brief - concise
Succinct
Probity
Dilatory
Reticent
24. Wicked in the extreme
Fait accompli
Nefarious
Pejorative
Ephemeral
25. The thing speaks for itself
Eclectic
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Chortle
Facetious
26. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Reticent
Banal
Eclectic
Syllogism
27. A warning or caution
Syllogism
Patrician
Caveat
Lexicon
28. To make faulty or imperfect
Caveat
Hyperbole
Vitiate
Halcyon
29. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Apocryphal
Visceral
Acumen
Ethereal
30. To prevent by interception
Erudite
Inane
Banal
Obviate
31. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Halcyon
Apocryphal
Cadre
32. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Consanguineous
Facetious
Finite
Ephemeral
33. Making a loud outcry
Bi-polar
Fait accompli
Vociferous
Vilify
34. Having bounds
Capricious
Finite
Codicil
Erudite
35. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Specious
Carpe diem
Arcane
Adumbrate
36. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Caveat
Diction
Apocryphal
Requisite
37. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Superfluous
Banal
Ellipsis
Indolent
38. To depart from or evade the truth
Tautological
Succinct
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Prevaricate
39. Seize the moment
Bifurcate
Carpe diem
Probity
NB
40. Necessary; indispensable
Plenary
Requisite
Proclivity
Scintilla
41. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Aphorism
Dilatory
Capricious
Binary
42. Commonplace; trivial
Lexicon
Puerile
Acerbic
Banal
43. Displaing a lack of maturity
Syntax
Ellipsis
Puerile
Verve
44. Disparaging - belittling
Pejorative
Pecuniary
Simile
Puerile
45. An amendment to an existing will
Bifurcate
Codicil
Ellipsis
Renege
46. To make or grow better
Inchoate
Patrician
Ameliorate
Bi-polar
47. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Renege
Euphemism
Salient
Prevaricate
48. Having only one side
Symbiotic
Pusillanimous
Pernicious
Unilateral
49. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Abrogate
Bi-polar
Specious
50. Being everywhere
Acrimony
Cadre
Finite
Ubiquitous