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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Disingenuous
Sine qua non
Pedantic
Banal
2. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Euphemism
Succinct
Symbiotic
3. Bitterly sarcastic
Fortuitous
Sardonic
Loquacious
Equivocate
4. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Reticent
Apocryphal
Dilatory
5. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Carpe diem
Aphorism
Limited liability companies
Ken
6. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Symbiotic
Allegory
Loquacious
Didactic
7. A natural inclination; predisposition
Inane
Proclivity
Ubiquitous
Prevaricate
8. Happening by chance
Sine qua non
Fortuitous
Myopic
Halcyon
9. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Aphorism
Facetious
Collegial
Codicil
10. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Disingenuous
Ameliorate
Metaphor
Vitiate
11. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Erudite
Inchoate
Iconoclast
Vitiate
12. To make or grow better
Fait accompli
Didactic
Diction
Ameliorate
13. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Exiguous
Didactic
Avarice
Lexicon
14. The thing speaks for itself
Apocryphal
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Ken
Caveat
15. Course - base - instinctive
Inane
Unilateral
Visceral
Ethereal
16. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Limited liability companies
Acerbic
Loquacious
17. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Banal
Superfluous
Acumen
Sardonic
18. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Ameliorate
Indolent
Caveat
19. Disparaging - belittling
Capricious
Pejorative
Symbiotic
Simile
20. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
NB
Aphorism
Puerile
21. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ellipsis
Puerile
Scintilla
Forbearance
22. Having bounds
Arcane
Adumbrate
Metaphor
Finite
23. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
E.g.
Iconoclast
Dilatory
Acumen
24. Being everywhere
Consanguineous
Sardonic
Ubiquitous
Allegory
25. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Pecuniary
Euphemism
Syllogism
Nefarious
26. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Superfluous
Levity
i.e.
27. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
E.g.
Ubiquitous
NB
Myopic
28. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Requisite
Probity
Chortle
Indolent
29. Environment; setting
Milieu
Bi-polar
Syntax
Inchoate
30. The use of trickery to deceive
Unilateral
Facetious
Chicanery
Verve
31. Necessary; indispensable
Fait accompli
Caveat
Requisite
Plenary
32. Short lived
Ephemeral
Apocryphal
Bifurcate
Disingenuous
33. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Pusillanimous
Visceral
Lexicon
Cadre
34. Lacking in courage and resolution
Codicil
Chicanery
Pusillanimous
Fortuitous
35. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Egalitarian
Banal
Adumbrate
Obviate
36. To prevent by interception
Binary
i.e.
Obviate
Supercilious
37. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Unilateral
Requisite
Sojourn
Chortle
38. Brief - concise
Sine qua non
Succinct
Vilify
Equivocate
39. A warning or caution
Caveat
Prevaricate
Equivocate
Logomachy
40. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Fortuitous
Allegory
Vilify
Requisite
41. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Vilify
Acerbic
Forbearance
Succinct
42. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Nefarious
Myopic
Codicil
Avarice
43. To go back on a promise or commitment
Ameliorate
Renege
Succinct
Vilify
44. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Supercilious
Indolent
Demagogue
Iconoclast
45. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Binary
Proclivity
Bi-polar
Consanguineous
46. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Egalitarian
Proclivity
Apocryphal
47. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Fortuitous
Specious
Arcane
48. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Pejorative
Reticent
Concatenation
Simile
49. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Obviate
Bi-polar
Eclectic
Logomachy
50. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Lexicon
Prevaricate
Caveat
Tautological