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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Diction
Probity
Didactic
Syllogism
2. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Adumbrate
Ken
Syllogism
Forbearance
3. 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
Metaphor
Aphorism
Reticent
Myopic
4. Understood by only a few
Erudite
Arcane
Concatenation
NB
5. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Consanguineous
Hyperbole
Caveat
Acumen
6. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Ameliorate
Avarice
Chicanery
Ethereal
7. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Simile
Pecuniary
Erudite
8. A warning or caution
Caveat
Acerbic
Salient
Allegory
9. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Verve
Fait accompli
Binary
Didactic
10. Having only one side
E.g.
Levity
Unilateral
Obviate
11. Extravagant exaggeration
Supercilious
Plenary
Specious
Hyperbole
12. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Superfluous
Codicil
Symbiotic
Res Ipsa Loquitur
13. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Codicil
Obviate
Concatenation
14. The thing speaks for itself
Chicanery
Simile
Probity
Res Ipsa Loquitur
15. Making a loud outcry
Sojourn
Syntax
Vociferous
Metaphor
16. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Capricious
Demagogue
Ken
Inane
17. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Caveat
Superfluous
Cadre
Allegory
18. To go back on a promise or commitment
i.e.
NB
Hyperbole
Renege
19. Argument over the definition of words
Ameliorate
Logomachy
Capricious
Chortle
20. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Supercilious
Pernicious
Acumen
Disingenuous
21. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Egalitarian
Lexicon
Tautological
Acerbic
22. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Caveat
Levity
Milieu
Facetious
23. Environment; setting
Sardonic
Milieu
Nefarious
Bifurcate
24. Happening by chance
Syllogism
Cadre
Fortuitous
Acumen
25. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Diction
Probity
Eclectic
Acumen
26. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Demagogue
Succinct
Myopic
Banal
27. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Specious
Adumbrate
Egalitarian
Proclivity
28. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Ubiquitous
Sojourn
Cadre
Superfluous
29. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Dilatory
Obviate
Codicil
30. Disparaging - belittling
Bi-polar
Pejorative
Symbiotic
Halcyon
31. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Finite
Hyperbole
Demagogue
Sine qua non
32. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Renege
Acrimony
Fortuitous
Carpe diem
33. Exempli gratia (for example)
Vitiate
Nefarious
Pedantic
E.g.
34. To depart from or evade the truth
Prevaricate
Allegory
Ubiquitous
Chicanery
35. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Halcyon
Carpe diem
Bi-polar
Syntax
36. A chain; a succession
Avarice
Concatenation
Fait accompli
Sardonic
37. An indispensable thing
Erudite
Sine qua non
Requisite
Cadre
38. To divide into two parts or branches
Proclivity
Bifurcate
Eclectic
Chortle
39. Full; entire; complete
Plenary
Superfluous
Erudite
Eclectic
40. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Allegory
Reticent
Equivocate
Disingenuous
41. Necessary; indispensable
Metaphor
Scintilla
Renege
Requisite
42. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Exiguous
Syllogism
Vilify
Lexicon
43. Being everywhere
Binary
Cadre
Equivocate
Ubiquitous
44. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Binary
NB
Diction
Milieu
45. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Cadre
Scintilla
Iconoclast
Pecuniary
46. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Forbearance
Salient
Acumen
Equivocate
47. Id est (that is)
Adumbrate
i.e.
Vociferous
Arcane
48. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Indolent
Abrogate
Facetious
Ubiquitous
49. Whimsical; changeable
Chicanery
Probity
Capricious
Pejorative
50. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Adumbrate
Sine qua non
Limited liability companies
Obviate