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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
NB
Loquacious
Allegory
Simile
2. Short lived
Abrogate
Ephemeral
Verve
Bifurcate
3. Necessary; indispensable
Ameliorate
Bifurcate
Pecuniary
Requisite
4. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Salient
Logomachy
Acumen
Nefarious
5. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Supercilious
Pejorative
Tautological
Verve
6. Environment; setting
Halcyon
Pernicious
Milieu
Reticent
7. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Simile
Apocryphal
Ubiquitous
Nefarious
8. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Simile
Renege
Myopic
Carpe diem
9. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Tautological
Carpe diem
Euphemism
10. 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
Unilateral
Reticent
Metaphor
Collegial
11. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Sardonic
Prevaricate
Loquacious
Syntax
12. To go back on a promise or commitment
Ethereal
Renege
Diction
Arcane
13. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Aphorism
Reticent
Egalitarian
Didactic
14. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Vilify
Indolent
Aphorism
Didactic
15. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Exiguous
Concatenation
Equivocate
Symbiotic
16. Very talkative
Vilify
Loquacious
Probity
Acumen
17. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Superfluous
Aphorism
Facetious
Fait accompli
18. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Acrimony
Vitiate
Chortle
NB
19. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Demagogue
Ken
Requisite
Pejorative
20. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Unilateral
Specious
Plenary
Bi-polar
21. Bitterly sarcastic
Fortuitous
Didactic
Pernicious
Sardonic
22. Argument over the definition of words
Logomachy
Eclectic
Visceral
Pusillanimous
23. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Ameliorate
Eclectic
Forbearance
Demagogue
24. An amendment to an existing will
Lexicon
Vitiate
Codicil
Metaphor
25. Honesty - uprightness
Plenary
Probity
Tautological
Ethereal
26. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Iconoclast
Salient
Disingenuous
Euphemism
27. A natural inclination; predisposition
Limited liability companies
Pusillanimous
Proclivity
Disingenuous
28. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Pedantic
Specious
Codicil
29. To depart from or evade the truth
Hyperbole
Prevaricate
Unilateral
i.e.
30. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Dilatory
Hyperbole
Ethereal
31. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Limited liability companies
Patrician
Syllogism
Disingenuous
32. A warning or caution
Consanguineous
Codicil
Bi-polar
Caveat
33. An indispensable thing
Acrimony
i.e.
Sine qua non
Hyperbole
34. Extravagant exaggeration
Prevaricate
Eclectic
Euphemism
Hyperbole
35. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Sine qua non
Euphemism
Dilatory
Inchoate
36. Deadly
Acrimony
Milieu
Pernicious
Salient
37. To make faulty or imperfect
Vitiate
Inane
Ameliorate
Probity
38. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Superfluous
Acerbic
Chortle
Eclectic
39. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Equivocate
Superfluous
Ellipsis
Consanguineous
40. Inclined to keep quiet
i.e.
Reticent
Obviate
Indolent
41. Lofty with pride
Concatenation
Fortuitous
Nefarious
Supercilious
42. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Fait accompli
Disingenuous
Chicanery
43. A chain; a succession
Syntax
i.e.
Concatenation
Diction
44. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Probity
Levity
Forbearance
45. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Obviate
Erudite
Sine qua non
Limited liability companies
46. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Diction
Acrimony
Ken
Exiguous
47. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Banal
Simile
Ellipsis
Equivocate
48. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Euphemism
Halcyon
Ubiquitous
Syllogism
49. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Arcane
Metaphor
Vilify
Allegory
50. Displaing a lack of maturity
Metaphor
Ephemeral
Puerile
Ethereal