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1. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Sojourn
Myopic
Visceral
Inane
2. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Finite
Pecuniary
Requisite
3. To depart from or evade the truth
Superfluous
Prevaricate
Sojourn
Equivocate
4. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Bi-polar
Proclivity
Cadre
Eclectic
5. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Allegory
Eclectic
Limited liability companies
Patrician
6. Argument over the definition of words
Vociferous
Abrogate
Reticent
Logomachy
7. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Forbearance
Chicanery
Abrogate
Eclectic
8. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Renege
Sine qua non
Specious
Dilatory
9. Seize the moment
Didactic
Codicil
Carpe diem
Ethereal
10. A warning or caution
Caveat
Acrimony
Egalitarian
Didactic
11. To prevent by interception
Fortuitous
Ubiquitous
Obviate
Adumbrate
12. Very talkative
Vociferous
Hyperbole
Abrogate
Loquacious
13. Displaing a lack of maturity
Adumbrate
Codicil
Puerile
Concatenation
14. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Syllogism
Exiguous
Inchoate
15. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Ubiquitous
Avarice
Syntax
Pusillanimous
16. An indispensable thing
Avarice
Pernicious
Sine qua non
Specious
17. Favoring social equality
Consanguineous
Egalitarian
Puerile
Pernicious
18. Understood by only a few
Probity
Iconoclast
Arcane
Banal
19. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ellipsis
Codicil
Binary
Fait accompli
20. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Ellipsis
Banal
Tautological
Sojourn
21. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Syntax
Fait accompli
Vociferous
Pedantic
22. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Visceral
Egalitarian
Adumbrate
23. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Supercilious
Diction
Halcyon
24. Exempli gratia (for example)
Sardonic
Milieu
E.g.
Syntax
25. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Unilateral
Symbiotic
Ameliorate
Codicil
26. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Nefarious
Levity
Probity
Fortuitous
27. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Binary
Symbiotic
Metaphor
Disingenuous
28. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Limited liability companies
Symbiotic
Chortle
Facetious
29. The use of trickery to deceive
Unilateral
Acumen
Syntax
Chicanery
30. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Tautological
Vilify
Collegial
Ken
31. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Myopic
Hyperbole
Inchoate
Pusillanimous
32. Extravagant exaggeration
Finite
Hyperbole
Pernicious
Inane
33. Disparaging - belittling
Indolent
NB
Proclivity
Pejorative
34. A chain; a succession
Succinct
Proclivity
Concatenation
Plenary
35. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Patrician
Myopic
Abrogate
Loquacious
36. To go back on a promise or commitment
Syntax
Renege
Arcane
Prevaricate
37. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Plenary
Lexicon
Pernicious
Carpe diem
38. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Eclectic
Syntax
Patrician
Levity
39. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Tautological
Consanguineous
Ameliorate
Requisite
40. Environment; setting
Erudite
Milieu
Cadre
Supercilious
41. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Obviate
Vociferous
Milieu
42. Having only one side
Arcane
Vociferous
Inchoate
Unilateral
43. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Aphorism
Obviate
Egalitarian
Reticent
44. Short lived
Limited liability companies
Hyperbole
Requisite
Ephemeral
45. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
i.e.
Forbearance
Acrimony
Halcyon
46. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Obviate
Diction
Vitiate
Hyperbole
47. Happening by chance
Bifurcate
Fortuitous
Loquacious
Pedantic
48. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Syllogism
Probity
Dilatory
49. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Pernicious
Adumbrate
Logomachy
Vilify
50. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Myopic
Didactic
Reticent
Verve
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