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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Full; entire; complete
Plenary
Prevaricate
Avarice
Didactic
2. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Puerile
Indolent
Plenary
Simile
3. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Superfluous
Fait accompli
Lexicon
4. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Consanguineous
Apocryphal
Collegial
Patrician
5. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Aphorism
Consanguineous
Chortle
Res Ipsa Loquitur
6. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Ethereal
Cadre
Abrogate
Pernicious
7. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Visceral
Codicil
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Inane
8. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Didactic
Tautological
Obviate
Requisite
9. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Milieu
Halcyon
Erudite
10. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Simile
Abrogate
Consanguineous
Scintilla
11. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Acrimony
Dilatory
Renege
Myopic
12. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Consanguineous
Syntax
Acerbic
Ameliorate
13. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Requisite
Pedantic
Iconoclast
Carpe diem
14. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Pejorative
Pernicious
Disingenuous
15. To prevent by interception
Myopic
Metaphor
Obviate
Inane
16. To make or grow better
Simile
Ethereal
Scintilla
Ameliorate
17. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Inchoate
Consanguineous
Finite
Chortle
18. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Pecuniary
Ellipsis
Vociferous
Sojourn
19. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Chicanery
Banal
Dilatory
Limited liability companies
20. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Carpe diem
Caveat
Levity
Ubiquitous
21. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Specious
Sojourn
Ameliorate
22. The thing speaks for itself
Euphemism
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Fait accompli
Symbiotic
23. Very talkative
Vilify
Collegial
Loquacious
Logomachy
24. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Lexicon
Concatenation
Arcane
25. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Dilatory
Consanguineous
Pernicious
26. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Carpe diem
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Bi-polar
Banal
27. 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
Superfluous
Limited liability companies
Metaphor
Pecuniary
28. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Supercilious
Syntax
Fait accompli
Pecuniary
29. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Disingenuous
Ethereal
Requisite
Metaphor
30. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Abrogate
Allegory
Ellipsis
Eclectic
31. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Acumen
Aphorism
Superfluous
32. A natural inclination; predisposition
Requisite
Ameliorate
Allegory
Proclivity
33. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
i.e.
Bifurcate
Erudite
Chortle
34. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Carpe diem
Succinct
Symbiotic
35. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
Adumbrate
Chicanery
Sine qua non
36. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Vilify
Allegory
Patrician
Disingenuous
37. The use of trickery to deceive
Consanguineous
Levity
Apocryphal
Chicanery
38. An indispensable thing
Sardonic
Sine qua non
Visceral
Ubiquitous
39. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Ellipsis
Myopic
Equivocate
Vociferous
40. Understood by only a few
Apocryphal
Sine qua non
Hyperbole
Arcane
41. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Diction
Limited liability companies
Loquacious
Pedantic
42. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Bi-polar
Ephemeral
Iconoclast
43. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Forbearance
Ameliorate
Euphemism
Capricious
44. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Cadre
Tautological
Acrimony
Superfluous
45. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Eclectic
Obviate
Visceral
Equivocate
46. To go back on a promise or commitment
Renege
Facetious
Proclivity
Concatenation
47. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Milieu
Renege
Fortuitous
Allegory
48. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Scintilla
Vilify
Avarice
Salient
49. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Pecuniary
Acerbic
Syllogism
Exiguous
50. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Syntax
Forbearance
Egalitarian