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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Exempli gratia (for example)
Probity
Vitiate
Ephemeral
E.g.
2. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Pejorative
Euphemism
Loquacious
Myopic
3. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Levity
Lexicon
Finite
4. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Capricious
Pernicious
Vociferous
5. To make or grow better
Avarice
Ameliorate
Syntax
Vilify
6. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Syntax
Arcane
Concatenation
Inchoate
7. Extravagant exaggeration
Hyperbole
Euphemism
Acerbic
Disingenuous
8. Short lived
Ephemeral
Ellipsis
Pejorative
Halcyon
9. Id est (that is)
Didactic
Facetious
i.e.
Milieu
10. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Halcyon
Acrimony
Myopic
Patrician
11. Understood by only a few
Sine qua non
Acerbic
Arcane
Superfluous
12. Very talkative
Apocryphal
Loquacious
Codicil
Requisite
13. Having bounds
Logomachy
Inane
Collegial
Finite
14. Necessary; indispensable
Requisite
Allegory
Iconoclast
Symbiotic
15. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Visceral
Concatenation
Pecuniary
16. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Nefarious
Ellipsis
Reticent
Inane
17. Lacking in courage and resolution
Finite
Pusillanimous
Inchoate
Salient
18. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Adumbrate
Fait accompli
Sojourn
Chortle
19. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Vociferous
Hyperbole
E.g.
20. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Disingenuous
Chicanery
i.e.
Apocryphal
21. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Ethereal
Adumbrate
Chortle
Logomachy
22. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Bifurcate
Fait accompli
Eclectic
Simile
23. Seize the moment
Arcane
Abrogate
Carpe diem
Ephemeral
24. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Proclivity
Diction
Euphemism
25. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Halcyon
Unilateral
Syntax
Pernicious
26. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Symbiotic
Eclectic
Consanguineous
Puerile
27. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Didactic
Obviate
Myopic
Demagogue
28. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Chicanery
Vitiate
Ameliorate
Iconoclast
29. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Levity
Inane
Consanguineous
Unilateral
30. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Pernicious
Ken
Reticent
31. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Capricious
Superfluous
Milieu
Vilify
32. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Salient
Pejorative
Specious
Indolent
33. Extremely scanty (bare)
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Exiguous
Bi-polar
Proclivity
34. Argument over the definition of words
Pejorative
Banal
Facetious
Logomachy
35. Course - base - instinctive
E.g.
Apocryphal
Visceral
Forbearance
36. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Unilateral
Supercilious
Specious
Verve
37. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Vociferous
Abrogate
Ken
Res Ipsa Loquitur
38. To go back on a promise or commitment
Eclectic
Renege
Euphemism
Logomachy
39. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
E.g.
Specious
Supercilious
40. Being everywhere
Binary
Ubiquitous
Caveat
Acrimony
41. A chain; a succession
Concatenation
Myopic
Ephemeral
Specious
42. The use of trickery to deceive
E.g.
Didactic
Chicanery
Patrician
43. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Simile
Aphorism
NB
Reticent
44. Lofty with pride
Supercilious
Aphorism
Eclectic
Vociferous
45. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Requisite
Eclectic
Symbiotic
Euphemism
46. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Pejorative
Disingenuous
Puerile
Aphorism
47. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Unilateral
i.e.
Bi-polar
Superfluous
48. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Euphemism
Didactic
Scintilla
Diction
49. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Chicanery
Bi-polar
Erudite
Sardonic
50. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Vociferous
Loquacious
Didactic
Arcane