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1. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Lexicon
Fait accompli
Limited liability companies
Erudite
2. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Pecuniary
Sardonic
Aphorism
Chortle
3. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Equivocate
Sojourn
Consanguineous
Patrician
4. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Abrogate
Syntax
Sardonic
Binary
5. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Didactic
Proclivity
Erudite
6. Disparaging - belittling
Pejorative
Iconoclast
Chicanery
Requisite
7. A natural inclination; predisposition
Diction
Equivocate
Proclivity
Egalitarian
8. Inclined to keep quiet
Probity
Ethereal
Eclectic
Reticent
9. Displaing a lack of maturity
Codicil
Ken
Puerile
Didactic
10. Very talkative
Unilateral
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Loquacious
Didactic
11. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Codicil
Verve
Demagogue
Aphorism
12. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
i.e.
Prevaricate
Plenary
13. A chain; a succession
Adumbrate
Concatenation
Capricious
Forbearance
14. Bitterly sarcastic
Supercilious
Egalitarian
Forbearance
Sardonic
15. Wicked in the extreme
Fait accompli
Nefarious
Renege
Pedantic
16. Full; entire; complete
Prevaricate
Plenary
Pernicious
Probity
17. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Exiguous
Vilify
Fortuitous
18. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Requisite
i.e.
Syllogism
Probity
19. Short lived
Ephemeral
Hyperbole
Concatenation
Prevaricate
20. Extravagant exaggeration
Hyperbole
Ubiquitous
Carpe diem
Capricious
21. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Lexicon
Specious
Sojourn
Fait accompli
22. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Syntax
Adumbrate
Syllogism
Carpe diem
23. The use of trickery to deceive
i.e.
Chicanery
Ameliorate
Capricious
24. Lacking in courage and resolution
Consanguineous
Nefarious
Inchoate
Pusillanimous
25. To depart from or evade the truth
Verve
Binary
Exiguous
Prevaricate
26. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Probity
Dilatory
Euphemism
27. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
Vitiate
Verve
Acrimony
28. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Pernicious
Bifurcate
Symbiotic
Obviate
29. Having only one side
Unilateral
Abrogate
Chicanery
Capricious
30. To prevent by interception
Halcyon
Inane
Erudite
Obviate
31. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Acerbic
Aphorism
Reticent
Euphemism
32. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Demagogue
Eclectic
Ethereal
i.e.
33. Relating to money
Avarice
Indolent
Ameliorate
Pecuniary
34. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Myopic
Supercilious
Bi-polar
Disingenuous
35. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inchoate
Puerile
Inane
Loquacious
36. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Ellipsis
Milieu
Forbearance
37. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Fortuitous
Forbearance
Arcane
38. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Acrimony
Plenary
Indolent
Bifurcate
39. To make or grow better
Superfluous
Ameliorate
Erudite
Pejorative
40. Seize the moment
Vilify
Carpe diem
Ellipsis
Logomachy
41. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Euphemism
Scintilla
Acrimony
Indolent
42. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Halcyon
Fait accompli
Forbearance
Pejorative
43. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
i.e.
Loquacious
Limited liability companies
44. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Probity
Metaphor
Pecuniary
45. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Sine qua non
Equivocate
Apocryphal
Halcyon
46. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Capricious
Collegial
Metaphor
Allegory
47. Whimsical; changeable
Prevaricate
Capricious
Nefarious
Pejorative
48. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Syllogism
Succinct
NB
Unilateral
49. Environment; setting
Milieu
Concatenation
Exiguous
Pusillanimous
50. Brief - concise
NB
Inane
Ubiquitous
Succinct
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