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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Specious
Sojourn
Consanguineous
Milieu
2. Bitterly sarcastic
Superfluous
Fait accompli
Facetious
Sardonic
3. Very talkative
Loquacious
Pejorative
Iconoclast
Equivocate
4. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Egalitarian
Tautological
Fait accompli
Nefarious
5. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Demagogue
Finite
Allegory
Verve
6. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Ubiquitous
E.g.
Patrician
Tautological
7. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Forbearance
Vilify
Acerbic
Ubiquitous
8. To prevent by interception
Binary
Sine qua non
Obviate
Salient
9. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Facetious
Hyperbole
Specious
10. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Collegial
Facetious
Plenary
Pusillanimous
11. Relating to money
Sardonic
Renege
Dilatory
Pecuniary
12. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Abrogate
Iconoclast
Pedantic
Limited liability companies
13. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Abrogate
Logomachy
Scintilla
Sine qua non
14. 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
Egalitarian
Metaphor
Ubiquitous
Prevaricate
15. Having bounds
Chortle
Ellipsis
Finite
Demagogue
16. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Myopic
Sine qua non
Vociferous
17. To make faulty or imperfect
Vitiate
Consanguineous
Syllogism
Equivocate
18. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Adumbrate
Equivocate
Myopic
Disingenuous
19. Extremely scanty (bare)
Acumen
Abrogate
Unilateral
Exiguous
20. Having only one side
Unilateral
Pedantic
Sardonic
Requisite
21. Full; entire; complete
Sojourn
Didactic
Plenary
Finite
22. Making a loud outcry
Ubiquitous
Halcyon
Vociferous
Ken
23. To make or grow better
Succinct
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Ameliorate
Supercilious
24. Course - base - instinctive
Visceral
E.g.
Arcane
Ellipsis
25. Inclined to keep quiet
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Reticent
Tautological
Symbiotic
26. Disparaging - belittling
Pejorative
Indolent
Chortle
Dilatory
27. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Proclivity
Syllogism
Patrician
Forbearance
28. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Diction
Limited liability companies
Vitiate
Capricious
29. An indispensable thing
Symbiotic
Banal
Fortuitous
Sine qua non
30. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Prevaricate
Syllogism
Myopic
31. Lofty with pride
Supercilious
Chicanery
Equivocate
Aphorism
32. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Milieu
Chortle
Codicil
Nefarious
33. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Disingenuous
Ephemeral
Supercilious
Erudite
34. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Renege
Vociferous
Myopic
Requisite
35. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Pedantic
Didactic
Avarice
Pernicious
36. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Levity
Abrogate
Acerbic
Binary
37. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Disingenuous
Syntax
Lexicon
Levity
38. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Vociferous
Inane
Specious
Collegial
39. Id est (that is)
Supercilious
i.e.
Vilify
Hyperbole
40. A chain; a succession
Nefarious
Ubiquitous
Concatenation
Simile
41. The use of trickery to deceive
Ethereal
Arcane
Chicanery
Patrician
42. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Fortuitous
Demagogue
Acrimony
Levity
43. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Ubiquitous
Avarice
Didactic
Demagogue
44. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Inchoate
Nefarious
Cadre
Salient
45. Argument over the definition of words
Levity
Logomachy
Allegory
Binary
46. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Pusillanimous
Eclectic
Avarice
Inane
47. Deadly
Erudite
Ubiquitous
Patrician
Pernicious
48. A natural inclination; predisposition
Forbearance
Demagogue
Proclivity
Symbiotic
49. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Ameliorate
Avarice
Salient
Apocryphal
50. An amendment to an existing will
Caveat
Codicil
Requisite
Aphorism