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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Extravagant exaggeration
Hyperbole
Patrician
Ken
Finite
2. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Didactic
Binary
Superfluous
3. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Reticent
i.e.
Hyperbole
4. The use of trickery to deceive
Arcane
Chicanery
Collegial
Ephemeral
5. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Erudite
Apocryphal
Tautological
6. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Acrimony
Hyperbole
Logomachy
Levity
7. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Metaphor
Indolent
Avarice
Bi-polar
8. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Capricious
Eclectic
Requisite
Concatenation
9. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Cadre
Syntax
Halcyon
Superfluous
10. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
E.g.
Sine qua non
Pedantic
Hyperbole
11. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Diction
Tautological
Equivocate
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12. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Diction
Loquacious
Verve
Binary
13. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Facetious
Obviate
Forbearance
Iconoclast
14. Course - base - instinctive
Egalitarian
Abrogate
Visceral
Loquacious
15. Brief - concise
Succinct
Halcyon
Allegory
Cadre
16. To make faulty or imperfect
Collegial
E.g.
Inane
Vitiate
17. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Caveat
Collegial
Erudite
Obviate
18. The thing speaks for itself
Lexicon
Ken
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Supercilious
19. Bitterly sarcastic
Loquacious
Sardonic
Vilify
Ubiquitous
20. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Arcane
Puerile
Acerbic
21. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Demagogue
Acerbic
Inchoate
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22. Favoring social equality
Pejorative
Ameliorate
Logomachy
Egalitarian
23. To go back on a promise or commitment
Verve
Specious
Renege
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24. Understood by only a few
Fortuitous
Halcyon
Hyperbole
Arcane
25. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Didactic
i.e.
Finite
Codicil
26. Happening by chance
Verve
Fortuitous
Sardonic
Binary
27. Lacking in courage and resolution
Pusillanimous
Indolent
Specious
Vilify
28. Being everywhere
Egalitarian
Pedantic
Ubiquitous
Sojourn
29. Lofty with pride
Allegory
Vilify
Acumen
Supercilious
30. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Scintilla
Acrimony
Concatenation
Supercilious
31. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Logomachy
NB
Obviate
Syllogism
32. Displaing a lack of maturity
Pejorative
NB
Puerile
Requisite
33. Making a loud outcry
Forbearance
Vociferous
Simile
Eclectic
34. Relating to money
Logomachy
Carpe diem
Pecuniary
Puerile
35. Seize the moment
Euphemism
Carpe diem
Visceral
Symbiotic
36. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Reticent
Vitiate
Superfluous
37. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Inchoate
Verve
Vilify
Collegial
38. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Ephemeral
Myopic
Pecuniary
39. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
E.g.
Ethereal
Lexicon
Hyperbole
40. Necessary; indispensable
Fait accompli
Probity
Requisite
Eclectic
41. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Metaphor
Abrogate
Capricious
Adumbrate
42. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Syntax
Pusillanimous
Acerbic
Chortle
43. 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
Dilatory
Disingenuous
Adumbrate
44. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Visceral
Aphorism
Caveat
Ellipsis
45. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Chicanery
Symbiotic
Succinct
46. A chain; a succession
Iconoclast
Unilateral
Consanguineous
Concatenation
47. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Unilateral
Loquacious
Euphemism
Patrician
48. Short lived
Ephemeral
Ameliorate
Reticent
Plenary
49. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Disingenuous
Superfluous
Visceral
50. Id est (that is)
Pernicious
i.e.
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Eclectic