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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Vitiate
Requisite
Equivocate
Eclectic
2. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Codicil
Bifurcate
Dilatory
Supercilious
3. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Pedantic
i.e.
Halcyon
Iconoclast
4. Lacking in courage and resolution
Pusillanimous
Symbiotic
Simile
Ken
5. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Specious
Caveat
Codicil
6. Having bounds
Codicil
Euphemism
Finite
Vitiate
7. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Superfluous
Sardonic
Allegory
Forbearance
8. Making a loud outcry
Didactic
Vociferous
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Sardonic
9. To make or grow better
NB
Ameliorate
Acerbic
Pernicious
10. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Tautological
Hyperbole
Acumen
Ken
11. Lofty with pride
Pedantic
Unilateral
Apocryphal
Supercilious
12. Inclined to keep quiet
Avarice
Reticent
Ephemeral
Probity
13. Favoring social equality
Specious
Egalitarian
Vilify
Loquacious
14. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Ethereal
Codicil
Tautological
Hyperbole
15. Being everywhere
Bifurcate
Supercilious
Ubiquitous
Acrimony
16. Argument over the definition of words
Logomachy
Forbearance
Arcane
Succinct
17. Id est (that is)
Tautological
i.e.
Milieu
Verve
18. A natural inclination; predisposition
Puerile
Abrogate
Proclivity
Pedantic
19. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Syntax
Myopic
Renege
Sardonic
20. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Supercilious
Superfluous
Avarice
Aphorism
21. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Levity
Superfluous
Bifurcate
Obviate
22. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Scintilla
Avarice
Adumbrate
Codicil
23. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Halcyon
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Simile
24. Commonplace; trivial
Patrician
Banal
Succinct
Iconoclast
25. An amendment to an existing will
Indolent
Scintilla
Codicil
Supercilious
26. Understood by only a few
Concatenation
Arcane
Acerbic
Supercilious
27. To depart from or evade the truth
Diction
Bifurcate
Ubiquitous
Prevaricate
28. The use of trickery to deceive
Pejorative
Chicanery
Vitiate
Egalitarian
29. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Diction
i.e.
Chicanery
Indolent
30. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Requisite
Forbearance
Hyperbole
Inchoate
31. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Indolent
Chicanery
Adumbrate
32. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Proclivity
Erudite
Finite
Levity
33. Full; entire; complete
Verve
Plenary
Syllogism
Chortle
34. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Concatenation
Indolent
Simile
35. Honesty - uprightness
Ubiquitous
Hyperbole
Probity
Ethereal
36. Brief - concise
Sardonic
Succinct
Acerbic
Plenary
37. Course - base - instinctive
Concatenation
Apocryphal
Sojourn
Visceral
38. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Codicil
Superfluous
Acrimony
E.g.
39. To prevent by interception
Vociferous
Loquacious
Obviate
Metaphor
40. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
NB
Adumbrate
Simile
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41. To make faulty or imperfect
Vitiate
Sine qua non
Superfluous
Pusillanimous
42. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Exiguous
Eclectic
Verve
Bi-polar
43. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Ken
Simile
Reticent
Collegial
44. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Acerbic
Consanguineous
Obviate
45. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Chicanery
Pedantic
Chortle
Codicil
46. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Scintilla
Euphemism
Vociferous
Dilatory
47. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Syntax
Vilify
Equivocate
Codicil
48. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Prevaricate
Abrogate
Diction
Indolent
49. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Avarice
Hyperbole
Adumbrate
Levity
50. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Nefarious
Salient
Ethereal
Allegory