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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Didactic
Acrimony
Metaphor
NB
2. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Aphorism
Tautological
Consanguineous
3. Brief - concise
Bifurcate
Indolent
Renege
Succinct
4. Lofty with pride
Prevaricate
Fortuitous
Levity
Supercilious
5. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Iconoclast
Patrician
Apocryphal
Requisite
6. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Facetious
Vitiate
Puerile
7. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Syntax
Superfluous
Succinct
Bifurcate
8. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Arcane
Superfluous
Consanguineous
Diction
9. To depart from or evade the truth
Prevaricate
Superfluous
Succinct
Supercilious
10. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Ethereal
Didactic
Carpe diem
11. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Pejorative
Binary
Levity
Lexicon
12. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Banal
Chicanery
NB
13. Deadly
Pernicious
Myopic
E.g.
Obviate
14. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Acerbic
Equivocate
Bi-polar
Tautological
15. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Dilatory
Obviate
Vociferous
16. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Ephemeral
Forbearance
Superfluous
Symbiotic
17. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Superfluous
Lexicon
Ken
Probity
18. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Ethereal
Halcyon
Ellipsis
Aphorism
19. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Acumen
Chortle
Ethereal
Verve
20. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Puerile
Arcane
Finite
21. An indispensable thing
Acumen
Inane
Finite
Sine qua non
22. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
E.g.
Proclivity
Loquacious
Indolent
23. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Caveat
Chortle
Didactic
Milieu
24. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Simile
Aphorism
Scintilla
Didactic
25. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Demagogue
NB
Inchoate
Proclivity
26. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Ameliorate
Acumen
Apocryphal
Myopic
27. Bitterly sarcastic
Vociferous
Pecuniary
Sojourn
Sardonic
28. Exempli gratia (for example)
Pusillanimous
E.g.
Bifurcate
Ephemeral
29. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Proclivity
Logomachy
Ethereal
Bifurcate
30. Happening by chance
Banal
Loquacious
Fortuitous
Succinct
31. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Pusillanimous
Carpe diem
Cadre
32. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Unilateral
Puerile
Caveat
Collegial
33. To make or grow better
Plenary
Levity
Carpe diem
Ameliorate
34. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Requisite
Obviate
Sojourn
35. Relating to money
Sardonic
Pecuniary
Symbiotic
Obviate
36. A chain; a succession
Lexicon
Concatenation
Ethereal
Probity
37. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Renege
Proclivity
Indolent
Forbearance
38. Whimsical; changeable
Forbearance
NB
Chicanery
Capricious
39. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Fortuitous
Pecuniary
Facetious
Acrimony
40. To make faulty or imperfect
Euphemism
Vitiate
Proclivity
Ameliorate
41. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Capricious
Disingenuous
Avarice
Myopic
42. Extremely scanty (bare)
Pedantic
Pernicious
Symbiotic
Exiguous
43. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Sojourn
Specious
Simile
Ubiquitous
44. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Milieu
Facetious
Prevaricate
45. Lacking in courage and resolution
Pusillanimous
Diction
Metaphor
Tautological
46. A warning or caution
Supercilious
Caveat
Pedantic
Avarice
47. An amendment to an existing will
Codicil
Concatenation
Pejorative
Disingenuous
48. Being everywhere
Halcyon
Puerile
Ephemeral
Ubiquitous
49. Short lived
Ubiquitous
Supercilious
Egalitarian
Ephemeral
50. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Sine qua non
Consanguineous
Pernicious