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100 Words For Every College Student

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)






2. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste






3. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear






4. Being everywhere






5. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






6. To make vicious and defamatory statements about






7. Full; entire; complete






8. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor






9. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy






10. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating






11. Lacking in courage and resolution






12. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless






13. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed






14. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence






15. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness






16. Environment; setting






17. A minute amount; an iota or trace






18. Bitterly sarcastic






19. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important






20. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions






21. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form






22. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion






23. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'






24. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned






25. Displaing a lack of maturity






26. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible






27. Course - base - instinctive






28. Extremely scanty (bare)






29. Argument over the definition of words






30. To make faulty or imperfect






31. More than is wanted or is sufficient






32. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership






33. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






34. Having bounds






35. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way






36. Understood by only a few






37. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage






38. Happening by chance






39. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






40. A natural inclination; predisposition






41. Favoring social equality






42. To prevent by interception






43. Extravagant exaggeration






44. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible






45. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy






46. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences






47. Id est (that is)






48. Relating to money






49. Inclined to keep quiet






50. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping