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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Myopic
Euphemism
Simile
Banal
2. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Arcane
Specious
Acerbic
Acrimony
3. To go back on a promise or commitment
Fait accompli
Renege
Requisite
Aphorism
4. Very talkative
Binary
Loquacious
Finite
Consanguineous
5. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Verve
Vitiate
Sardonic
Tautological
6. A chain; a succession
Concatenation
Acerbic
Apocryphal
Euphemism
7. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Bifurcate
Sardonic
Cadre
8. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Cadre
Acumen
Aphorism
Euphemism
9. Extremely scanty (bare)
Carpe diem
Exiguous
Acumen
Collegial
10. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Diction
Metaphor
Vociferous
Nefarious
11. Lacking in courage and resolution
Plenary
Pusillanimous
Prevaricate
Nefarious
12. Lofty with pride
Equivocate
Supercilious
Codicil
Dilatory
13. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Milieu
Indolent
Lexicon
Aphorism
14. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Sine qua non
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Euphemism
15. Displaing a lack of maturity
Scintilla
Puerile
Bi-polar
Bifurcate
16. Id est (that is)
Binary
Inchoate
Ken
i.e.
17. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Indolent
Fait accompli
Allegory
Acumen
18. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Facetious
Allegory
Cadre
Lexicon
19. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Collegial
Erudite
Inane
Binary
20. Favoring social equality
Pernicious
Collegial
Egalitarian
E.g.
21. A warning or caution
Salient
Exiguous
Caveat
Ken
22. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Pejorative
Allegory
Demagogue
Vilify
23. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Scintilla
Binary
Capricious
Specious
24. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Puerile
Pedantic
Limited liability companies
i.e.
25. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Renege
Aphorism
Cadre
Syntax
26. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inchoate
Specious
Disingenuous
Inane
27. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Plenary
Dilatory
Simile
Disingenuous
28. An amendment to an existing will
Requisite
Codicil
Nefarious
Specious
29. Course - base - instinctive
Allegory
Pejorative
Visceral
Halcyon
30. To depart from or evade the truth
Exiguous
Prevaricate
Syllogism
Simile
31. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Renege
Plenary
Equivocate
32. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Vociferous
Succinct
Disingenuous
33. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Verve
Puerile
Consanguineous
Res Ipsa Loquitur
34. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Binary
Inane
NB
Finite
35. Full; entire; complete
E.g.
Syntax
Acerbic
Plenary
36. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Vilify
Scintilla
Salient
Ellipsis
37. Having bounds
Finite
Salient
Allegory
Cadre
38. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Acerbic
Erudite
Avarice
Sojourn
39. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
E.g.
Reticent
Disingenuous
Salient
40. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Requisite
Fortuitous
Iconoclast
41. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Abrogate
Simile
Arcane
Forbearance
42. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Pedantic
Renege
Symbiotic
Visceral
43. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Limited liability companies
Prevaricate
Fait accompli
44. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Chortle
Concatenation
Plenary
45. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Abrogate
Pecuniary
Allegory
Syntax
46. Whimsical; changeable
Verve
Obviate
Chortle
Capricious
47. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Pusillanimous
Vociferous
Hyperbole
Eclectic
48. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Visceral
Demagogue
Limited liability companies
49. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
E.g.
Indolent
Pejorative
Sine qua non
50. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Scintilla
Ameliorate
Equivocate
Syntax
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