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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Syntax
Pejorative
Chortle
Forbearance
2. The thing speaks for itself
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Supercilious
Dilatory
Tautological
3. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Collegial
Eclectic
Equivocate
Tautological
4. The use of trickery to deceive
Puerile
Supercilious
Chicanery
Specious
5. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Facetious
Reticent
Acerbic
Eclectic
6. To depart from or evade the truth
Equivocate
Prevaricate
Scintilla
Hyperbole
7. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Abrogate
Capricious
Syllogism
Consanguineous
8. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Carpe diem
Fait accompli
Demagogue
9. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Exiguous
Visceral
Collegial
Apocryphal
10. Full; entire; complete
Pernicious
Lexicon
Sardonic
Plenary
11. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Syllogism
Inane
Indolent
Bi-polar
12. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Ken
Disingenuous
Aphorism
Loquacious
13. Bitterly sarcastic
Carpe diem
Sardonic
Levity
Facetious
14. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Finite
Syntax
Abrogate
15. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Acumen
Scintilla
Specious
Plenary
16. Whimsical; changeable
Indolent
Nefarious
Capricious
Superfluous
17. Seize the moment
Dilatory
Collegial
Consanguineous
Carpe diem
18. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Tautological
Dilatory
Inchoate
Halcyon
19. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Obviate
Tautological
Patrician
Cadre
20. To go back on a promise or commitment
Renege
Scintilla
Simile
Chortle
21. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
NB
Caveat
Superfluous
Forbearance
22. Environment; setting
Scintilla
Ameliorate
Milieu
Collegial
23. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Caveat
Pecuniary
Supercilious
24. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
i.e.
Diction
Eclectic
Chicanery
25. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Unilateral
Aphorism
Pedantic
Equivocate
26. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Disingenuous
Bifurcate
Erudite
Ameliorate
27. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Binary
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Probity
28. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Adumbrate
Didactic
Allegory
Verve
29. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Euphemism
Inane
Vociferous
Demagogue
30. Id est (that is)
E.g.
Aphorism
Eclectic
i.e.
31. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Banal
Salient
Equivocate
Capricious
32. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Aphorism
Banal
Unilateral
Abrogate
33. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Supercilious
Obviate
Succinct
Pedantic
34. Inclined to keep quiet
Iconoclast
Avarice
Finite
Reticent
35. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Milieu
Avarice
Didactic
Binary
36. Having bounds
Pecuniary
Finite
Requisite
Diction
37. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Chicanery
Abrogate
Ephemeral
38. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Pusillanimous
Egalitarian
Levity
Adumbrate
39. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Pernicious
Iconoclast
Verve
Bifurcate
40. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Renege
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Sine qua non
Specious
41. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Prevaricate
Obviate
Ken
Pecuniary
42. An amendment to an existing will
Specious
Acrimony
Codicil
Didactic
43. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Concatenation
Vilify
Ephemeral
44. Wicked in the extreme
Plenary
Ken
Nefarious
Metaphor
45. A chain; a succession
Concatenation
Forbearance
Unilateral
Scintilla
46. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Prevaricate
Unilateral
Pusillanimous
Ethereal
47. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Lexicon
Simile
Vitiate
Binary
48. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Apocryphal
Sardonic
Patrician
49. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Ephemeral
Visceral
Chortle
Sine qua non
50. Displaing a lack of maturity
Acerbic
Finite
Fait accompli
Puerile