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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Salient
Erudite
Patrician
Fortuitous
2. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Simile
Vociferous
Salient
Acumen
3. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Pejorative
Aphorism
Euphemism
Chortle
4. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Didactic
Chortle
Diction
Pejorative
5. Brief - concise
Ellipsis
Nefarious
Vociferous
Succinct
6. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Didactic
Ken
Apocryphal
Reticent
7. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
Allegory
Cadre
Res Ipsa Loquitur
8. Understood by only a few
Pusillanimous
Arcane
Carpe diem
Concatenation
9. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Consanguineous
Banal
Chortle
Nefarious
10. Making a loud outcry
Pernicious
Specious
Caveat
Vociferous
11. Exempli gratia (for example)
Ubiquitous
Levity
Concatenation
E.g.
12. An amendment to an existing will
Tautological
Bi-polar
Cadre
Codicil
13. To make or grow better
Collegial
Levity
Ameliorate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
14. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Unilateral
Symbiotic
Specious
Acerbic
15. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Limited liability companies
Sine qua non
Banal
Cadre
16. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Acerbic
Sine qua non
Forbearance
Verve
17. The thing speaks for itself
Succinct
Lexicon
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Codicil
18. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Vitiate
Adumbrate
Salient
Binary
19. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Limited liability companies
Disingenuous
Euphemism
Allegory
20. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Unilateral
Scintilla
Disingenuous
Halcyon
21. Bitterly sarcastic
Metaphor
Pernicious
Exiguous
Sardonic
22. Happening by chance
Vitiate
Apocryphal
Superfluous
Fortuitous
23. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Inchoate
Prevaricate
Capricious
Inane
24. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Pecuniary
Acrimony
Patrician
Aphorism
25. Lofty with pride
Simile
Syntax
Acumen
Supercilious
26. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ellipsis
Inane
Banal
Euphemism
27. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Vilify
Simile
Superfluous
Codicil
28. Course - base - instinctive
Bifurcate
Visceral
Indolent
Plenary
29. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Chortle
Reticent
Specious
Fait accompli
30. A natural inclination; predisposition
Plenary
Inane
Proclivity
Ethereal
31. Wicked in the extreme
Ethereal
Acumen
Limited liability companies
Nefarious
32. Short lived
Vociferous
Ephemeral
Syntax
Unilateral
33. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Scintilla
Allegory
Collegial
Bifurcate
34. Very talkative
Loquacious
Chortle
Patrician
E.g.
35. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
Metaphor
Salient
Proclivity
Inchoate
36. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
E.g.
Puerile
Avarice
Demagogue
37. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
Pernicious
Chicanery
Forbearance
38. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Finite
Consanguineous
Patrician
Equivocate
39. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Bi-polar
Sine qua non
Syntax
Limited liability companies
40. To make faulty or imperfect
Demagogue
Vitiate
Milieu
Fortuitous
41. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Sine qua non
Puerile
Milieu
Ethereal
42. Having only one side
Loquacious
Abrogate
Pejorative
Unilateral
43. Whimsical; changeable
Syllogism
Chicanery
Scintilla
Capricious
44. Id est (that is)
Requisite
Inane
Visceral
i.e.
45. To prevent by interception
Puerile
Reticent
Syntax
Obviate
46. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Egalitarian
Pecuniary
Consanguineous
Equivocate
47. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Loquacious
Ephemeral
Abrogate
NB
48. Disparaging - belittling
Abrogate
Pejorative
Chicanery
Probity
49. To go back on a promise or commitment
Renege
Capricious
Inchoate
Collegial
50. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Scintilla
Vilify
Hyperbole
Simile