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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Carpe diem
Codicil
Sojourn
Acumen
2. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Diction
Didactic
Succinct
Proclivity
3. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Arcane
Salient
Symbiotic
Collegial
4. To make faulty or imperfect
Vitiate
Verve
Ubiquitous
Hyperbole
5. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Vociferous
Euphemism
Proclivity
6. Necessary; indispensable
Halcyon
Egalitarian
Requisite
Renege
7. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Euphemism
Sine qua non
Acerbic
8. To make or grow better
Puerile
Ameliorate
E.g.
Forbearance
9. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Collegial
Tautological
Adumbrate
Renege
10. Honesty - uprightness
Pedantic
Euphemism
Acrimony
Probity
11. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Capricious
Allegory
Forbearance
Consanguineous
12. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Acumen
Equivocate
Simile
Halcyon
13. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Aphorism
Verve
Diction
14. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Syllogism
Hyperbole
Allegory
Ellipsis
15. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Dilatory
Eclectic
Patrician
Specious
16. To prevent by interception
Obviate
Demagogue
Carpe diem
Halcyon
17. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Logomachy
Equivocate
Succinct
Carpe diem
18. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Ken
Ubiquitous
Collegial
Sardonic
19. Seize the moment
Chicanery
Renege
Carpe diem
Loquacious
20. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Halcyon
Allegory
Pejorative
Specious
21. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Scintilla
Consanguineous
Patrician
Acrimony
22. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Prevaricate
Metaphor
i.e.
23. Understood by only a few
Simile
Arcane
Acumen
Requisite
24. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Ethereal
Adumbrate
Facetious
Ubiquitous
25. To divide into two parts or branches
Facetious
Bifurcate
Binary
Dilatory
26. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Ellipsis
Acerbic
Iconoclast
NB
27. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ephemeral
Salient
Ellipsis
Consanguineous
28. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Consanguineous
Cadre
Inchoate
Salient
29. An amendment to an existing will
Milieu
Ubiquitous
Codicil
Forbearance
30. Happening by chance
Sojourn
Chicanery
Fortuitous
Forbearance
31. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Fait accompli
Acumen
E.g.
Consanguineous
32. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Euphemism
Myopic
Ubiquitous
Dilatory
33. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Facetious
Erudite
Pedantic
Unilateral
34. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Exiguous
Inane
Pejorative
Bi-polar
35. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Reticent
Ephemeral
Verve
36. Disparaging - belittling
Milieu
Inane
Reticent
Pejorative
37. Very talkative
Aphorism
Caveat
Loquacious
i.e.
38. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Unilateral
Metaphor
Pedantic
39. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Dilatory
Reticent
Unilateral
Erudite
40. Commonplace; trivial
Reticent
Carpe diem
Aphorism
Banal
41. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Syllogism
Superfluous
Disingenuous
Levity
42. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Abrogate
Probity
Lexicon
Euphemism
43. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Specious
Caveat
Prevaricate
Syntax
44. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Ubiquitous
Dilatory
Syllogism
Cadre
45. Argument over the definition of words
Unilateral
Arcane
Sardonic
Logomachy
46. Relating to money
Egalitarian
Pecuniary
Nefarious
Milieu
47. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Ephemeral
Acrimony
Simile
Halcyon
48. Favoring social equality
Ephemeral
Egalitarian
E.g.
i.e.
49. Lofty with pride
Symbiotic
Avarice
Ken
Supercilious
50. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Disingenuous
Bi-polar
Avarice
Vilify