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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Vilify
Supercilious
Scintilla
2. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Eclectic
Euphemism
Iconoclast
3. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Diction
Eclectic
Fait accompli
Inane
4. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Vilify
Allegory
Egalitarian
5. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Concatenation
Unilateral
Res Ipsa Loquitur
6. Disparaging - belittling
Arcane
Erudite
Inane
Pejorative
7. A natural inclination; predisposition
Proclivity
Consanguineous
Avarice
Indolent
8. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Binary
Fait accompli
Consanguineous
9. The use of trickery to deceive
Prevaricate
Nefarious
Chicanery
Visceral
10. Inclined to keep quiet
Logomachy
Ethereal
Reticent
Vitiate
11. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chicanery
Patrician
Chortle
Ethereal
12. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Exiguous
Codicil
Bi-polar
Salient
13. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Apocryphal
Caveat
Bi-polar
14. Wicked in the extreme
Bi-polar
Nefarious
Eclectic
Finite
15. Short lived
Sine qua non
Ephemeral
Fait accompli
Euphemism
16. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Bifurcate
Didactic
Logomachy
Aphorism
17. Having only one side
Succinct
Chicanery
Fortuitous
Unilateral
18. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Vilify
Acumen
Specious
Simile
19. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Vilify
Cadre
Obviate
20. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Consanguineous
Requisite
Egalitarian
i.e.
21. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Ellipsis
Supercilious
Superfluous
Avarice
22. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Succinct
Pejorative
Ethereal
Capricious
23. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Specious
Syntax
Proclivity
Acerbic
24. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Visceral
Abrogate
Supercilious
Finite
25. Lofty with pride
Collegial
Nefarious
Supercilious
Sine qua non
26. An amendment to an existing will
Eclectic
Codicil
Ubiquitous
Ethereal
27. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Bi-polar
Symbiotic
Egalitarian
Succinct
28. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Obviate
Unilateral
NB
Ken
29. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Pusillanimous
Requisite
Milieu
Avarice
30. Understood by only a few
Pecuniary
Arcane
Vociferous
Ellipsis
31. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Avarice
Aphorism
Inane
32. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Lexicon
Banal
E.g.
33. Whimsical; changeable
Apocryphal
Avarice
Capricious
Ubiquitous
34. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Inane
Diction
Vilify
Levity
35. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Exiguous
Lexicon
Ethereal
Diction
36. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Renege
Fortuitous
Collegial
Cadre
37. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
Codicil
Metaphor
Acerbic
Ethereal
38. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Consanguineous
Acumen
Carpe diem
Pejorative
39. To go back on a promise or commitment
Renege
Egalitarian
Fait accompli
Demagogue
40. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Didactic
Aphorism
NB
Metaphor
41. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Hyperbole
Euphemism
Adumbrate
42. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Scintilla
Concatenation
Sojourn
43. Environment; setting
Visceral
Symbiotic
Milieu
Dilatory
44. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Banal
NB
Res Ipsa Loquitur
45. An indispensable thing
Ameliorate
Avarice
Codicil
Sine qua non
46. Course - base - instinctive
Renege
Cadre
Patrician
Visceral
47. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Pernicious
Collegial
Cadre
Erudite
48. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Arcane
Erudite
Forbearance
Verve
49. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Inane
Apocryphal
Inchoate
i.e.
50. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
i.e.
Inchoate
Binary
Exiguous