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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Pecuniary
Euphemism
Syllogism
Banal
2. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Ubiquitous
Dilatory
Indolent
Erudite
3. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Scintilla
Requisite
Acerbic
Simile
4. Happening by chance
Prevaricate
Demagogue
Fortuitous
Bifurcate
5. Inclined to keep quiet
Capricious
Erudite
Reticent
Pernicious
6. Necessary; indispensable
Caveat
Bifurcate
Requisite
Supercilious
7. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Dilatory
Requisite
Demagogue
Bifurcate
8. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Syntax
E.g.
Halcyon
Acumen
9. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Codicil
Bifurcate
Simile
Succinct
10. Full; entire; complete
Patrician
Bi-polar
Plenary
Binary
11. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Syntax
Limited liability companies
Pecuniary
Bi-polar
12. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Inchoate
Prevaricate
Supercilious
Logomachy
13. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Renege
Probity
Aphorism
Puerile
14. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Equivocate
Acerbic
Binary
Syntax
15. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Milieu
Bi-polar
Didactic
Vilify
16. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Euphemism
Pejorative
Prevaricate
Acerbic
17. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Milieu
Metaphor
Equivocate
18. A natural inclination; predisposition
Proclivity
Unilateral
Ephemeral
Salient
19. To divide into two parts or branches
Banal
Tautological
Sojourn
Bifurcate
20. Honesty - uprightness
Puerile
Vociferous
Probity
Syllogism
21. Wicked in the extreme
Sojourn
Hyperbole
Nefarious
Myopic
22. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Ellipsis
Vociferous
Fortuitous
23. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Hyperbole
Logomachy
Tautological
Lexicon
24. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Succinct
Prevaricate
E.g.
Pedantic
25. Deadly
Ameliorate
Loquacious
Pernicious
Visceral
26. Favoring social equality
Allegory
Egalitarian
Levity
Requisite
27. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Salient
Ubiquitous
Demagogue
Erudite
28. Short lived
Ubiquitous
Ephemeral
Pejorative
Indolent
29. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
Vociferous
Sine qua non
i.e.
30. Being everywhere
Simile
Indolent
Ubiquitous
Chicanery
31. To prevent by interception
Obviate
Carpe diem
Ellipsis
Bifurcate
32. Making a loud outcry
Levity
Carpe diem
Vociferous
Disingenuous
33. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Pedantic
Adumbrate
Exiguous
Specious
34. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Diction
Hyperbole
Egalitarian
35. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Specious
Limited liability companies
Pernicious
Halcyon
36. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Didactic
Forbearance
Obviate
Probity
37. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Facetious
Indolent
Visceral
Supercilious
38. Extravagant exaggeration
Bi-polar
Pusillanimous
Proclivity
Hyperbole
39. 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
Patrician
Metaphor
Fait accompli
Simile
40. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Acumen
Exiguous
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Levity
41. An indispensable thing
Exiguous
Ken
Sine qua non
Chortle
42. Bitterly sarcastic
Levity
Sardonic
Apocryphal
Hyperbole
43. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Ameliorate
Logomachy
Collegial
44. Whimsical; changeable
Metaphor
Capricious
Requisite
Acrimony
45. The use of trickery to deceive
Chortle
Chicanery
Unilateral
Lexicon
46. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Codicil
Ameliorate
Puerile
47. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Apocryphal
Myopic
NB
Consanguineous
48. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Allegory
Abrogate
Demagogue
Puerile
49. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Fait accompli
Renege
Syntax
50. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Visceral
i.e.
Avarice
Prevaricate