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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Euphemism
Caveat
Specious
Indolent
2. The thing speaks for itself
Fait accompli
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Eclectic
Apocryphal
3. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Inchoate
Vitiate
Chicanery
4. Relating to money
Facetious
Banal
Chicanery
Pecuniary
5. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Chicanery
Diction
Res Ipsa Loquitur
6. A chain; a succession
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Abrogate
Concatenation
Logomachy
7. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Inane
Acumen
Ethereal
Logomachy
8. To make faulty or imperfect
Indolent
Vitiate
Requisite
Halcyon
9. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Renege
Myopic
Visceral
Pusillanimous
10. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Diction
Ameliorate
Ubiquitous
Tautological
11. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Pedantic
Chortle
Halcyon
Pecuniary
12. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Superfluous
Dilatory
Pernicious
13. Necessary; indispensable
Requisite
Reticent
Levity
Metaphor
14. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Capricious
Sojourn
Logomachy
Verve
15. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Indolent
Vitiate
Patrician
Allegory
16. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Plenary
Metaphor
Pedantic
Acerbic
17. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Pedantic
Abrogate
Facetious
Pejorative
18. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Dilatory
Nefarious
Concatenation
Salient
19. To go back on a promise or commitment
Unilateral
Renege
Ephemeral
Banal
20. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Pedantic
Codicil
Chortle
Exiguous
21. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Carpe diem
Tautological
Requisite
Dilatory
22. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Supercilious
Symbiotic
Acumen
Requisite
23. Very talkative
Supercilious
Prevaricate
Loquacious
Myopic
24. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Reticent
Ken
Sojourn
25. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Capricious
Binary
Ethereal
Apocryphal
26. To depart from or evade the truth
Puerile
Bifurcate
Iconoclast
Prevaricate
27. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Nefarious
Pusillanimous
Acumen
Simile
28. To prevent by interception
Arcane
Exiguous
Obviate
Vitiate
29. Being everywhere
Eclectic
Myopic
Ubiquitous
Loquacious
30. Environment; setting
Milieu
NB
Exiguous
Ellipsis
31. Having only one side
Inchoate
Unilateral
Proclivity
E.g.
32. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Ethereal
Avarice
Diction
33. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Avarice
i.e.
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Vilify
34. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Vitiate
Aphorism
Syllogism
Acerbic
35. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Chortle
Ephemeral
Exiguous
Ken
36. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Levity
Adumbrate
Symbiotic
Exiguous
37. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Forbearance
Demagogue
Levity
Plenary
38. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Forbearance
Symbiotic
Syntax
Acumen
39. Extravagant exaggeration
Acumen
Hyperbole
Supercilious
Salient
40. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Patrician
Inchoate
Requisite
Puerile
41. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Halcyon
Egalitarian
Collegial
42. An indispensable thing
Arcane
Hyperbole
Pernicious
Sine qua non
43. 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
Bi-polar
NB
Metaphor
Vociferous
44. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Acumen
NB
Forbearance
Metaphor
45. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Demagogue
Fortuitous
Superfluous
46. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Capricious
Iconoclast
Myopic
Arcane
47. The use of trickery to deceive
Nefarious
Chicanery
Ken
Probity
48. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Acrimony
Indolent
Vitiate
49. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Iconoclast
Binary
Fait accompli
Syllogism
50. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Pecuniary
Disingenuous
Scintilla
Dilatory