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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Chortle
Abrogate
Nefarious
Concatenation
2. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Metaphor
Vilify
Superfluous
Salient
3. An indispensable thing
Limited liability companies
Sine qua non
Lexicon
Chicanery
4. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
NB
Indolent
i.e.
Apocryphal
5. Course - base - instinctive
Visceral
Requisite
Plenary
Cadre
6. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Proclivity
Vitiate
Inchoate
Sojourn
7. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Egalitarian
Euphemism
Pecuniary
Unilateral
8. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Myopic
Equivocate
Ken
9. Argument over the definition of words
Pernicious
NB
Sojourn
Logomachy
10. Extravagant exaggeration
Pernicious
Aphorism
Eclectic
Hyperbole
11. Having only one side
Pejorative
Unilateral
Binary
Pedantic
12. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Verve
Iconoclast
Collegial
Adumbrate
13. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Pedantic
Logomachy
Requisite
Carpe diem
14. A natural inclination; predisposition
Exiguous
Collegial
Proclivity
Syllogism
15. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Bi-polar
Vilify
Visceral
16. A chain; a succession
Plenary
Disingenuous
Ethereal
Concatenation
17. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Binary
Chortle
Allegory
Specious
18. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Abrogate
Myopic
Caveat
Ellipsis
19. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Prevaricate
Demagogue
Erudite
20. Lofty with pride
Disingenuous
Egalitarian
Supercilious
Syntax
21. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Ameliorate
Pecuniary
Superfluous
Vociferous
22. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Binary
E.g.
Eclectic
23. Environment; setting
Requisite
Bi-polar
Milieu
Egalitarian
24. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Specious
Chortle
NB
Succinct
25. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Consanguineous
Tautological
Egalitarian
Allegory
26. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Concatenation
Inane
Puerile
27. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Syllogism
Ethereal
Verve
Halcyon
28. Making a loud outcry
Nefarious
Vociferous
Requisite
Fortuitous
29. To make faulty or imperfect
Disingenuous
Bifurcate
Aphorism
Vitiate
30. Deadly
Bifurcate
Pernicious
Milieu
Salient
31. Short lived
Ephemeral
Binary
Iconoclast
Dilatory
32. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Simile
Codicil
Symbiotic
Syntax
33. Lacking in courage and resolution
Pusillanimous
Requisite
Syntax
Metaphor
34. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Ephemeral
Caveat
Metaphor
Didactic
35. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Capricious
Levity
Limited liability companies
Milieu
36. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Halcyon
Bi-polar
Acerbic
37. Necessary; indispensable
Requisite
Tautological
Sojourn
Ubiquitous
38. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Aphorism
Allegory
Fait accompli
Inchoate
39. To divide into two parts or branches
NB
Proclivity
Acerbic
Bifurcate
40. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Patrician
Symbiotic
Allegory
41. Wicked in the extreme
Pernicious
Demagogue
Ethereal
Nefarious
42. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Adumbrate
Carpe diem
Vitiate
Levity
43. Very talkative
Vociferous
Ephemeral
Metaphor
Loquacious
44. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Fortuitous
Didactic
Syllogism
Ellipsis
45. The use of trickery to deceive
Patrician
Eclectic
Chicanery
Ken
46. To prevent by interception
Obviate
Limited liability companies
Adumbrate
Acumen
47. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Myopic
Concatenation
Halcyon
Banal
48. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Unilateral
Supercilious
Metaphor
Simile
49. Seize the moment
Cadre
Carpe diem
Requisite
Codicil
50. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Ken
i.e.
Facetious
Lexicon