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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Obviate
Succinct
Inchoate
2. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Facetious
Disingenuous
Erudite
Milieu
3. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Vociferous
Consanguineous
Pecuniary
Limited liability companies
4. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Verve
Consanguineous
Metaphor
Adumbrate
5. Deadly
Nefarious
Pernicious
Reticent
Indolent
6. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
E.g.
Cadre
Pedantic
NB
7. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Obviate
Loquacious
Prevaricate
8. An indispensable thing
Exiguous
Chicanery
Sine qua non
Acumen
9. Brief - concise
Egalitarian
Succinct
Halcyon
Res Ipsa Loquitur
10. Lacking in courage and resolution
Pusillanimous
Prevaricate
Carpe diem
Finite
11. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Sojourn
Didactic
Patrician
Binary
12. Disparaging - belittling
Ameliorate
Vilify
Caveat
Pejorative
13. To depart from or evade the truth
Renege
Sojourn
Prevaricate
Unilateral
14. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Ephemeral
Myopic
Halcyon
Forbearance
15. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Binary
Syllogism
Equivocate
Unilateral
16. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Avarice
Pedantic
Hyperbole
Prevaricate
17. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ubiquitous
Ellipsis
Allegory
Equivocate
18. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Pejorative
Obviate
Loquacious
Fait accompli
19. To prevent by interception
Patrician
Salient
Forbearance
Obviate
20. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Indolent
Patrician
Bi-polar
NB
21. Being everywhere
Collegial
Vitiate
Ubiquitous
Sardonic
22. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Sine qua non
Lexicon
Fait accompli
Inchoate
23. To divide into two parts or branches
Simile
Obviate
Bifurcate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
24. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Facetious
Eclectic
Diction
NB
25. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Requisite
Fait accompli
Equivocate
26. Extravagant exaggeration
Specious
Hyperbole
Plenary
Forbearance
27. Whimsical; changeable
Dilatory
Capricious
Binary
Salient
28. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Simile
Demagogue
Visceral
Binary
29. Argument over the definition of words
Metaphor
Abrogate
Chortle
Logomachy
30. Very talkative
Eclectic
Loquacious
Sardonic
Consanguineous
31. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Apocryphal
Renege
Plenary
32. Extremely scanty (bare)
Scintilla
Syntax
Patrician
Exiguous
33. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Inane
Indolent
Binary
Cadre
34. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Succinct
Euphemism
Pernicious
Erudite
35. Course - base - instinctive
Concatenation
Adumbrate
Indolent
Visceral
36. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Forbearance
Renege
Didactic
Fortuitous
37. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
i.e.
Tautological
Caveat
Sardonic
38. A warning or caution
Pecuniary
Allegory
Caveat
Reticent
39. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Vitiate
Acrimony
Dilatory
Salient
40. To make faulty or imperfect
Metaphor
Ellipsis
Adumbrate
Vitiate
41. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Ellipsis
Binary
Acumen
Unilateral
42. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Visceral
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Allegory
Specious
43. Bitterly sarcastic
Unilateral
Pejorative
Sardonic
Abrogate
44. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Chortle
Eclectic
Caveat
Banal
45. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
NB
Dilatory
Apocryphal
Renege
46. To go back on a promise or commitment
Renege
Fortuitous
Vitiate
Verve
47. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Obviate
Vilify
Probity
Superfluous
48. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Aphorism
Sardonic
Fait accompli
49. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Sardonic
Supercilious
Apocryphal
Acrimony
50. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
NB
Sojourn
Didactic
Limited liability companies