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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Disparaging - belittling
Reticent
Exiguous
Ephemeral
Pejorative
2. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Didactic
Acerbic
Ellipsis
Disingenuous
3. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Scintilla
Symbiotic
Allegory
Salient
4. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vitiate
Vilify
Ethereal
Succinct
5. Argument over the definition of words
Syntax
Logomachy
Pernicious
Obviate
6. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Halcyon
Ephemeral
Sardonic
7. Lacking in courage and resolution
Diction
Pecuniary
Ethereal
Pusillanimous
8. Lofty with pride
Vociferous
Abrogate
Supercilious
Ken
9. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Simile
Tautological
Cadre
10. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Reticent
Adumbrate
Puerile
11. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
Pejorative
Vitiate
Simile
12. To depart from or evade the truth
Prevaricate
Ephemeral
Pernicious
Acumen
13. Understood by only a few
Eclectic
Arcane
Apocryphal
Vitiate
14. To prevent by interception
Collegial
Specious
Obviate
Banal
15. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Sine qua non
Capricious
Didactic
Symbiotic
16. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Obviate
Iconoclast
Plenary
Specious
17. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Logomachy
Cadre
Consanguineous
Acrimony
18. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Apocryphal
Forbearance
Vilify
Indolent
19. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Fortuitous
Levity
Caveat
Cadre
20. Short lived
Ephemeral
Didactic
Fait accompli
Cadre
21. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
NB
Demagogue
Vociferous
Renege
22. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Ethereal
Sine qua non
Loquacious
Specious
23. Favoring social equality
Pernicious
Egalitarian
Metaphor
Capricious
24. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Banal
Pernicious
Pejorative
Inchoate
25. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Sardonic
Tautological
Chortle
Caveat
26. An amendment to an existing will
Succinct
Codicil
Superfluous
Prevaricate
27. A natural inclination; predisposition
Equivocate
Superfluous
Proclivity
Vociferous
28. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Bi-polar
Codicil
Ephemeral
29. A chain; a succession
Carpe diem
Simile
Ethereal
Concatenation
30. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Nefarious
Allegory
Demagogue
Fait accompli
31. Having bounds
Obviate
Finite
Supercilious
Prevaricate
32. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Collegial
Pernicious
Vociferous
Cadre
33. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Arcane
Ken
Ephemeral
Dilatory
34. A warning or caution
Indolent
Arcane
Specious
Caveat
35. Commonplace; trivial
Obviate
Banal
E.g.
Avarice
36. Deadly
Pernicious
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Specious
Didactic
37. Inclined to keep quiet
Ameliorate
Reticent
Inchoate
i.e.
38. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Visceral
Equivocate
Consanguineous
39. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Acumen
Hyperbole
Cadre
Collegial
40. Very talkative
Loquacious
Codicil
Pecuniary
Res Ipsa Loquitur
41. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Dilatory
Plenary
Cadre
Euphemism
42. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Renege
Specious
Vociferous
43. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Sardonic
Ubiquitous
Halcyon
Fait accompli
44. Extremely scanty (bare)
Halcyon
Exiguous
i.e.
Ellipsis
45. The thing speaks for itself
Obviate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Halcyon
Sine qua non
46. Brief - concise
Disingenuous
Obviate
Succinct
Inane
47. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Finite
Erudite
Carpe diem
Syntax
48. Bitterly sarcastic
Ephemeral
Probity
Inane
Sardonic
49. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
E.g.
Disingenuous
Finite
Obviate
50. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Banal
Ephemeral
Salient
Disingenuous