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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Sine qua non
Diction
Plenary
2. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Scintilla
Equivocate
Pedantic
Reticent
3. Favoring social equality
Indolent
Pecuniary
Succinct
Egalitarian
4. Full; entire; complete
Sine qua non
Plenary
Pusillanimous
Carpe diem
5. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Erudite
Collegial
Sine qua non
Succinct
6. Honesty - uprightness
Iconoclast
Myopic
Probity
Renege
7. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Didactic
Pedantic
Apocryphal
Limited liability companies
8. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Erudite
Salient
Equivocate
E.g.
9. Bitterly sarcastic
Ubiquitous
Adumbrate
Bifurcate
Sardonic
10. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Bi-polar
Plenary
Dilatory
Tautological
11. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Supercilious
Hyperbole
Binary
Adumbrate
12. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Dilatory
Loquacious
Binary
Chortle
13. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Pusillanimous
Proclivity
Ethereal
Caveat
14. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Indolent
Acumen
Avarice
Sojourn
15. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Patrician
Chortle
Visceral
Indolent
16. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Bifurcate
Salient
E.g.
Requisite
17. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Dilatory
Tautological
Diction
Egalitarian
18. Lofty with pride
Pernicious
Supercilious
Arcane
Inchoate
19. To divide into two parts or branches
Inane
Verve
Arcane
Bifurcate
20. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Ellipsis
Pecuniary
Capricious
21. Argument over the definition of words
Pernicious
Pusillanimous
Logomachy
Ethereal
22. Relating to money
Ameliorate
Pecuniary
Erudite
Simile
23. Extremely scanty (bare)
Vitiate
Exiguous
Specious
Lexicon
24. Being everywhere
Codicil
Patrician
Ubiquitous
Myopic
25. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Sojourn
Pusillanimous
Superfluous
Acumen
26. Seize the moment
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Ellipsis
Carpe diem
Specious
27. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Acerbic
Tautological
Scintilla
Ameliorate
28. To depart from or evade the truth
Arcane
Syllogism
Prevaricate
Carpe diem
29. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Proclivity
Renege
Limited liability companies
30. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Symbiotic
Iconoclast
Acumen
Sardonic
31. An amendment to an existing will
Didactic
Chicanery
Arcane
Codicil
32. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Reticent
Chortle
Banal
33. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Supercilious
Arcane
Superfluous
Patrician
34. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Disingenuous
Fortuitous
NB
Aphorism
35. Understood by only a few
Requisite
Patrician
Arcane
NB
36. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Bifurcate
Ken
Adumbrate
Myopic
37. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Metaphor
Halcyon
Plenary
Reticent
38. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Banal
Pusillanimous
Codicil
39. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Acerbic
Specious
Inchoate
40. To make faulty or imperfect
Carpe diem
Binary
E.g.
Vitiate
41. The thing speaks for itself
Superfluous
Limited liability companies
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Diction
42. A chain; a succession
Exiguous
Concatenation
Supercilious
NB
43. The use of trickery to deceive
Abrogate
Chicanery
Symbiotic
Myopic
44. Displaing a lack of maturity
Lexicon
Puerile
Cadre
Aphorism
45. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Codicil
Finite
Exiguous
Facetious
46. Lacking in courage and resolution
Superfluous
Pecuniary
Pusillanimous
Plenary
47. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Scintilla
Succinct
Pejorative
48. Having bounds
Finite
Simile
Indolent
Loquacious
49. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Levity
Ken
Apocryphal
50. Brief - concise
Myopic
Pusillanimous
Unilateral
Succinct