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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Course - base - instinctive
Ubiquitous
Visceral
Sardonic
Banal
2. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Prevaricate
Ephemeral
Ken
3. To depart from or evade the truth
Prevaricate
Inchoate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Syllogism
4. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Iconoclast
Pejorative
Facetious
Adumbrate
5. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Demagogue
Carpe diem
Lexicon
Binary
6. Commonplace; trivial
Vociferous
Banal
Milieu
Acerbic
7. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Syllogism
Requisite
Sardonic
8. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Lexicon
Eclectic
Sine qua non
9. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Aphorism
Equivocate
Myopic
Fait accompli
10. Displaing a lack of maturity
Egalitarian
Pusillanimous
Ubiquitous
Puerile
11. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ethereal
Ken
Dilatory
Logomachy
12. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Specious
Finite
Logomachy
Didactic
13. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Sine qua non
Pedantic
Puerile
14. Very talkative
Loquacious
Specious
Concatenation
Inchoate
15. Extremely scanty (bare)
Ubiquitous
Exiguous
Unilateral
Reticent
16. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Allegory
Symbiotic
Vilify
Syllogism
17. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Didactic
Syntax
Cadre
Apocryphal
18. Relating to money
Simile
Pecuniary
Acumen
Chortle
19. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Consanguineous
Erudite
Euphemism
i.e.
20. To make faulty or imperfect
Nefarious
Acumen
Consanguineous
Vitiate
21. A natural inclination; predisposition
Proclivity
NB
Erudite
Plenary
22. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Ellipsis
Salient
Cadre
Abrogate
23. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Bifurcate
Tautological
Logomachy
24. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Capricious
Logomachy
Symbiotic
Apocryphal
25. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ellipsis
Eclectic
Arcane
Diction
26. Brief - concise
Syntax
Pecuniary
Succinct
Acumen
27. A warning or caution
Codicil
Caveat
Probity
Disingenuous
28. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Scintilla
Dilatory
Carpe diem
Facetious
29. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Sojourn
Acumen
Pernicious
Pedantic
30. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Levity
Loquacious
Exiguous
31. Having only one side
Sojourn
Unilateral
Prevaricate
Cadre
32. To go back on a promise or commitment
Didactic
Renege
Carpe diem
i.e.
33. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Nefarious
Bifurcate
Ubiquitous
34. Short lived
Ephemeral
Syllogism
Patrician
Allegory
35. Full; entire; complete
Myopic
Vociferous
Plenary
Visceral
36. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Patrician
E.g.
Chicanery
37. Wicked in the extreme
Codicil
Simile
Nefarious
Levity
38. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Bi-polar
Facetious
Sojourn
Abrogate
39. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Consanguineous
Facetious
Euphemism
Avarice
40. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Syntax
Simile
Halcyon
Syllogism
41. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Pecuniary
Sojourn
Plenary
Halcyon
42. An amendment to an existing will
Requisite
Codicil
Disingenuous
Acumen
43. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Tautological
Succinct
Consanguineous
Halcyon
44. A chain; a succession
Aphorism
Ameliorate
E.g.
Concatenation
45. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Pedantic
Vitiate
Codicil
Equivocate
46. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Milieu
Vitiate
Proclivity
47. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Facetious
Limited liability companies
Eclectic
NB
48. Exempli gratia (for example)
Acrimony
E.g.
Inane
Probity
49. Having bounds
Ellipsis
Prevaricate
Finite
Forbearance
50. The thing speaks for itself
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Scintilla
Requisite
Probity