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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Id est (that is)
Pernicious
Ameliorate
i.e.
Chortle
2. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Simile
Prevaricate
Specious
3. A natural inclination; predisposition
Succinct
Erudite
Proclivity
Salient
4. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Binary
Hyperbole
Superfluous
Ethereal
5. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Fait accompli
Limited liability companies
Vilify
Allegory
6. The thing speaks for itself
Proclivity
Fortuitous
Inane
Res Ipsa Loquitur
7. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Apocryphal
Erudite
Specious
Disingenuous
8. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Indolent
Ken
Probity
Chortle
9. A chain; a succession
Inane
Salient
Concatenation
Chortle
10. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Abrogate
Patrician
Inchoate
Caveat
11. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Sardonic
Puerile
Egalitarian
12. To go back on a promise or commitment
Renege
Vociferous
Salient
Ephemeral
13. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Vilify
Acumen
Equivocate
Pernicious
14. An amendment to an existing will
Codicil
Erudite
Syntax
Pernicious
15. 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
Disingenuous
Metaphor
Pusillanimous
Pedantic
16. Wicked in the extreme
E.g.
Nefarious
Apocryphal
Logomachy
17. To depart from or evade the truth
Caveat
Prevaricate
Requisite
Ken
18. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Acumen
Requisite
Indolent
Simile
19. Exempli gratia (for example)
Allegory
E.g.
Nefarious
Binary
20. Having only one side
Bifurcate
Disingenuous
Unilateral
Fortuitous
21. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Succinct
Visceral
Pusillanimous
22. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Pusillanimous
Iconoclast
Reticent
Dilatory
23. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Demagogue
Chicanery
Unilateral
24. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Acerbic
Metaphor
Puerile
Pecuniary
25. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Avarice
Prevaricate
Syntax
Lexicon
26. Brief - concise
Aphorism
Succinct
Symbiotic
Ken
27. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Vilify
Banal
Halcyon
Salient
28. Commonplace; trivial
Hyperbole
Banal
Arcane
Inchoate
29. Understood by only a few
Syntax
Arcane
Visceral
Sojourn
30. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Binary
Egalitarian
Pejorative
Myopic
31. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Cadre
Myopic
Acumen
Demagogue
32. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Pernicious
Ubiquitous
Abrogate
Syntax
33. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Diction
Loquacious
Logomachy
Cadre
34. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Concatenation
Pejorative
Tautological
Sine qua non
35. An indispensable thing
Salient
Bi-polar
Loquacious
Sine qua non
36. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Bifurcate
Levity
Aphorism
Chortle
37. Bitterly sarcastic
Codicil
NB
Sardonic
Ellipsis
38. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Sardonic
Fait accompli
Dilatory
Banal
39. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Binary
Halcyon
Carpe diem
Probity
40. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Eclectic
Demagogue
Acumen
Consanguineous
41. Argument over the definition of words
Acerbic
Allegory
Logomachy
Bifurcate
42. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
Banal
Chortle
Iconoclast
43. Lacking in courage and resolution
Nefarious
Proclivity
Pusillanimous
NB
44. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Sardonic
Caveat
Ken
45. Favoring social equality
Equivocate
Indolent
Egalitarian
i.e.
46. The use of trickery to deceive
Chicanery
Ethereal
E.g.
Iconoclast
47. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Eclectic
Facetious
Probity
Succinct
48. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Euphemism
E.g.
Acumen
Syllogism
49. Making a loud outcry
Specious
Vociferous
Sardonic
Inchoate
50. Necessary; indispensable
Requisite
Euphemism
Superfluous
Patrician
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