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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. A chain; a succession
Puerile
Concatenation
Prevaricate
i.e.
2. Commonplace; trivial
Verve
Banal
Patrician
Finite
3. To divide into two parts or branches
Chicanery
Bifurcate
Ephemeral
Milieu
4. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Loquacious
Iconoclast
Syntax
5. Very talkative
Specious
Fortuitous
Didactic
Loquacious
6. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Superfluous
Egalitarian
Milieu
Binary
7. Lofty with pride
Ephemeral
Sine qua non
Supercilious
Consanguineous
8. Argument over the definition of words
E.g.
Logomachy
Syllogism
Exiguous
9. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Bi-polar
Unilateral
Vilify
Puerile
10. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Chortle
Patrician
Pedantic
Succinct
11. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Sojourn
Fortuitous
Levity
Limited liability companies
12. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Metaphor
Pernicious
Acerbic
Milieu
13. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Limited liability companies
Codicil
Consanguineous
Superfluous
14. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
E.g.
Acrimony
Pejorative
15. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Renege
Scintilla
Unilateral
Adumbrate
16. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Specious
Didactic
Capricious
17. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Arcane
Lexicon
Disingenuous
Bi-polar
18. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Bifurcate
Banal
Probity
19. Wicked in the extreme
Lexicon
Banal
Ken
Nefarious
20. To depart from or evade the truth
Iconoclast
Prevaricate
Cadre
Vitiate
21. Full; entire; complete
Loquacious
Diction
Plenary
Arcane
22. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Egalitarian
Obviate
Equivocate
Halcyon
23. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Verve
Loquacious
Apocryphal
Ameliorate
24. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Proclivity
Ephemeral
Forbearance
Milieu
25. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Ephemeral
Ellipsis
Avarice
Verve
26. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Collegial
Chortle
Consanguineous
27. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Facetious
Logomachy
Ephemeral
28. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Eclectic
Bi-polar
Myopic
Acrimony
29. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Prevaricate
Acumen
Forbearance
30. Extremely scanty (bare)
Fait accompli
Verve
Puerile
Exiguous
31. Favoring social equality
Plenary
Vilify
Egalitarian
Obviate
32. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Specious
Arcane
Abrogate
Visceral
33. Necessary; indispensable
Ethereal
Milieu
Forbearance
Requisite
34. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Myopic
Obviate
Superfluous
Reticent
35. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Acerbic
Pusillanimous
Chortle
Pernicious
36. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Egalitarian
Salient
Avarice
Nefarious
37. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Diction
Bi-polar
Chortle
Inane
38. A natural inclination; predisposition
Ameliorate
Vociferous
Adumbrate
Proclivity
39. A warning or caution
Halcyon
Sardonic
Egalitarian
Caveat
40. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Halcyon
Prevaricate
Syllogism
Renege
41. Honesty - uprightness
Dilatory
Hyperbole
Bifurcate
Probity
42. To make or grow better
Scintilla
Ameliorate
Limited liability companies
Res Ipsa Loquitur
43. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Finite
Equivocate
Probity
44. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Hyperbole
Specious
Scintilla
Pecuniary
45. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Sojourn
Tautological
Cadre
Inchoate
46. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Acerbic
Syntax
Euphemism
Acrimony
47. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Ubiquitous
Didactic
Eclectic
Allegory
48. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Patrician
Acrimony
Lexicon
Binary
49. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Disingenuous
Didactic
Inchoate
Chortle
50. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Requisite
Euphemism
NB
Aphorism