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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Deadly
Equivocate
Abrogate
Pernicious
Finite
2. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Forbearance
Tautological
Levity
Aphorism
3. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Binary
Cadre
Adumbrate
Salient
4. The thing speaks for itself
Hyperbole
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Supercilious
Erudite
5. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Forbearance
Vilify
Metaphor
Ken
6. Commonplace; trivial
Aphorism
Diction
Banal
Salient
7. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Banal
Patrician
Facetious
8. 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
Puerile
Acrimony
Scintilla
9. Short lived
Visceral
Aphorism
Metaphor
Ephemeral
10. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Egalitarian
Avarice
Erudite
11. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Facetious
Plenary
Ubiquitous
Caveat
12. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Sardonic
Requisite
Superfluous
Apocryphal
13. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Myopic
Carpe diem
Collegial
14. Making a loud outcry
Collegial
Vociferous
Levity
Consanguineous
15. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
Vociferous
Inane
Pedantic
16. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Logomachy
Adumbrate
Pedantic
17. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Pejorative
Loquacious
Caveat
18. Having bounds
Reticent
Ephemeral
Myopic
Finite
19. Extravagant exaggeration
Hyperbole
Codicil
Specious
Adumbrate
20. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Bi-polar
Codicil
Plenary
Hyperbole
21. To depart from or evade the truth
Iconoclast
Consanguineous
Prevaricate
Binary
22. Course - base - instinctive
Didactic
Visceral
Egalitarian
Euphemism
23. Id est (that is)
Chicanery
i.e.
Levity
Concatenation
24. Lacking in courage and resolution
Indolent
Collegial
Erudite
Pusillanimous
25. To make or grow better
Superfluous
Ameliorate
Aphorism
Carpe diem
26. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Pernicious
Levity
Supercilious
i.e.
27. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Iconoclast
NB
Exiguous
Visceral
28. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Inchoate
Supercilious
Scintilla
Chortle
29. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Consanguineous
Renege
Diction
Obviate
30. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Pejorative
Symbiotic
Didactic
Carpe diem
31. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Nefarious
Iconoclast
Carpe diem
32. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Requisite
Syntax
Sine qua non
33. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Erudite
Requisite
Bifurcate
Visceral
34. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Patrician
Erudite
Inchoate
Binary
35. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Chicanery
Aphorism
Acerbic
Fait accompli
36. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Nefarious
Fait accompli
Indolent
Sojourn
37. Environment; setting
Ellipsis
Milieu
Chicanery
Sardonic
38. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Halcyon
Vociferous
Eclectic
Iconoclast
39. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Dilatory
Ken
Eclectic
Capricious
40. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Indolent
Fait accompli
Myopic
41. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
Myopic
Plenary
Salient
42. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Sine qua non
Logomachy
Erudite
43. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Succinct
Reticent
Syntax
44. Very talkative
Proclivity
Vilify
Collegial
Loquacious
45. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Disingenuous
Didactic
Cadre
Acerbic
46. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Aphorism
Tautological
Consanguineous
Nefarious
47. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Pejorative
Acumen
NB
Cadre
48. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Obviate
Abrogate
Renege
Vociferous
49. To prevent by interception
Scintilla
Eclectic
Obviate
Salient
50. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Caveat
Requisite
Disingenuous
Tautological