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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
Nefarious
Euphemism
Unilateral
Allegory
2. Lofty with pride
Supercilious
Consanguineous
Obviate
Milieu
3. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Sardonic
Concatenation
Scintilla
Inane
4. The use of trickery to deceive
Ellipsis
Verve
Myopic
Chicanery
5. Disparaging - belittling
Ethereal
Metaphor
Tautological
Pejorative
6. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Ethereal
Disingenuous
Binary
Dilatory
7. Favoring social equality
Lexicon
Forbearance
NB
Egalitarian
8. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Hyperbole
Ethereal
Scintilla
9. A chain; a succession
Levity
Concatenation
Simile
Puerile
10. Relating to money
Hyperbole
Tautological
Requisite
Pecuniary
11. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Unilateral
Acerbic
Binary
Acumen
12. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Supercilious
Hyperbole
Forbearance
Allegory
13. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Patrician
NB
Syntax
Unilateral
14. Having only one side
Unilateral
Carpe diem
Superfluous
Myopic
15. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Aphorism
Simile
Euphemism
Facetious
16. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Prevaricate
Sine qua non
Egalitarian
Fait accompli
17. Extravagant exaggeration
Pernicious
Inchoate
Demagogue
Hyperbole
18. Very talkative
Cadre
Loquacious
Euphemism
Tautological
19. Deadly
Logomachy
Ameliorate
Pernicious
Acerbic
20. Having bounds
Sojourn
Syntax
Ken
Finite
21. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Sardonic
Ameliorate
Patrician
Tautological
22. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Vitiate
Facetious
23. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Inchoate
Tautological
Iconoclast
Vociferous
24. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Simile
Concatenation
Inane
Probity
25. Being everywhere
Chortle
Ellipsis
Codicil
Ubiquitous
26. A natural inclination; predisposition
Proclivity
Sine qua non
Carpe diem
Tautological
27. Environment; setting
Finite
Banal
Milieu
Obviate
28. Exempli gratia (for example)
Scintilla
Binary
Didactic
E.g.
29. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Sine qua non
Disingenuous
Proclivity
30. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Apocryphal
Bi-polar
Tautological
Abrogate
31. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Renege
Pernicious
Indolent
Disingenuous
32. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Succinct
Apocryphal
Diction
33. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Specious
Pedantic
Caveat
34. To depart from or evade the truth
Milieu
Metaphor
Prevaricate
Ethereal
35. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
Binary
Egalitarian
Requisite
36. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Vitiate
Sine qua non
Iconoclast
Syllogism
37. Argument over the definition of words
Proclivity
Metaphor
Requisite
Logomachy
38. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Iconoclast
Puerile
Adumbrate
Limited liability companies
39. Understood by only a few
Disingenuous
Arcane
Pedantic
Renege
40. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Myopic
Sojourn
Collegial
Pusillanimous
41. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Vociferous
Ellipsis
Specious
Nefarious
42. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Puerile
Erudite
Forbearance
Plenary
43. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Sojourn
Equivocate
Didactic
Vilify
44. Wicked in the extreme
Ethereal
Indolent
Fortuitous
Nefarious
45. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Ken
Indolent
Arcane
46. Bitterly sarcastic
Vilify
Pedantic
Chortle
Sardonic
47. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Allegory
Milieu
Bi-polar
Lexicon
48. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Acumen
Ethereal
Codicil
Eclectic
49. To make faulty or imperfect
Visceral
Banal
Vitiate
Dilatory
50. To divide into two parts or branches
Chortle
Tautological
Requisite
Bifurcate