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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Forbearance
Sardonic
Acerbic
Euphemism
2. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Exiguous
Proclivity
Banal
Collegial
3. Happening by chance
Requisite
Hyperbole
Collegial
Fortuitous
4. To make faulty or imperfect
Dilatory
Banal
Vitiate
Logomachy
5. Course - base - instinctive
Dilatory
Visceral
Levity
Obviate
6. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Puerile
Ken
Visceral
7. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Forbearance
Inchoate
Levity
Aphorism
8. Making a loud outcry
Eclectic
Vociferous
Fait accompli
Erudite
9. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Concatenation
Supercilious
Specious
Pejorative
10. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Levity
Concatenation
Abrogate
Diction
11. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Halcyon
Reticent
Tautological
Acrimony
12. To depart from or evade the truth
E.g.
Prevaricate
Exiguous
Acumen
13. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Simile
Metaphor
Salient
14. Lacking in courage and resolution
Pusillanimous
Diction
Allegory
Logomachy
15. Very talkative
Loquacious
Equivocate
Patrician
Ubiquitous
16. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Unilateral
Lexicon
Renege
Eclectic
17. Favoring social equality
Binary
Egalitarian
i.e.
Arcane
18. Seize the moment
Exiguous
Carpe diem
Logomachy
Syntax
19. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Ellipsis
Lexicon
Chicanery
Reticent
20. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Bifurcate
Chortle
Sine qua non
Logomachy
21. The use of trickery to deceive
Pedantic
Chicanery
Acrimony
Carpe diem
22. To make or grow better
Halcyon
Levity
Acerbic
Ameliorate
23. To go back on a promise or commitment
Concatenation
Renege
Ken
Ethereal
24. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Forbearance
Consanguineous
Levity
Adumbrate
25. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Adumbrate
Apocryphal
Binary
Obviate
26. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Sojourn
Puerile
Verve
27. A chain; a succession
Ellipsis
Concatenation
Diction
Loquacious
28. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Bi-polar
Adumbrate
Chortle
Equivocate
29. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Myopic
Euphemism
Puerile
Pedantic
30. Extremely scanty (bare)
Logomachy
Simile
Exiguous
Erudite
31. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Renege
Concatenation
Scintilla
32. A warning or caution
Consanguineous
Aphorism
Ken
Caveat
33. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Nefarious
Egalitarian
Succinct
34. To divide into two parts or branches
Syntax
Codicil
Bifurcate
Limited liability companies
35. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Consanguineous
Apocryphal
Iconoclast
Exiguous
36. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Superfluous
Demagogue
Sojourn
Allegory
37. Short lived
Succinct
Ephemeral
Iconoclast
Vitiate
38. Brief - concise
Succinct
Syllogism
NB
Ellipsis
39. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Carpe diem
Sine qua non
NB
Tautological
40. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Allegory
Requisite
Limited liability companies
E.g.
41. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Proclivity
Myopic
Didactic
Levity
42. Disparaging - belittling
Pejorative
Milieu
Reticent
Forbearance
43. 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
Vitiate
Cadre
Metaphor
Syllogism
44. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Unilateral
Symbiotic
Equivocate
Avarice
45. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Facetious
Vilify
Scintilla
Carpe diem
46. Argument over the definition of words
Sojourn
Logomachy
Vitiate
Proclivity
47. Wicked in the extreme
Egalitarian
Ubiquitous
Nefarious
Equivocate
48. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Ameliorate
Symbiotic
NB
49. Bitterly sarcastic
Ethereal
Sardonic
Obviate
Allegory
50. Extravagant exaggeration
Forbearance
Milieu
Hyperbole
Ellipsis