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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. To depart from or evade the truth
Allegory
Prevaricate
Fait accompli
Equivocate
2. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Verve
Myopic
Ken
3. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Facetious
Halcyon
Specious
Requisite
4. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Fait accompli
Acumen
Abrogate
Binary
5. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
E.g.
Avarice
Vilify
Adumbrate
6. Brief - concise
Ken
Succinct
Pusillanimous
Sardonic
7. Wicked in the extreme
Patrician
Capricious
Nefarious
Iconoclast
8. A natural inclination; predisposition
Specious
Syllogism
Proclivity
Chortle
9. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Abrogate
Allegory
Chortle
Ellipsis
10. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Puerile
Salient
Euphemism
Fait accompli
11. Short lived
Indolent
Ephemeral
Iconoclast
Nefarious
12. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Abrogate
Symbiotic
Scintilla
Cadre
13. Understood by only a few
Supercilious
Loquacious
Unilateral
Arcane
14. Lofty with pride
Didactic
Binary
Ethereal
Supercilious
15. To make or grow better
Consanguineous
Aphorism
i.e.
Ameliorate
16. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
i.e.
NB
Pejorative
Verve
17. Lacking in courage and resolution
Lexicon
Sojourn
Aphorism
Pusillanimous
18. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Avarice
Pernicious
Ameliorate
Dilatory
19. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Diction
Inchoate
Erudite
Acrimony
20. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Abrogate
Demagogue
Obviate
21. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Facetious
Pernicious
Proclivity
Verve
22. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Unilateral
Erudite
Superfluous
Bi-polar
23. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Syntax
Pedantic
Pernicious
Symbiotic
24. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Ken
Eclectic
Limited liability companies
25. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Simile
Halcyon
Succinct
26. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Indolent
Vilify
Dilatory
Bifurcate
27. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Lexicon
Allegory
Superfluous
28. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Acrimony
NB
Levity
29. Inclined to keep quiet
Superfluous
Banal
Reticent
Facetious
30. Argument over the definition of words
Chortle
Diction
Iconoclast
Logomachy
31. Favoring social equality
Didactic
Egalitarian
Lexicon
Renege
32. Having bounds
Abrogate
Apocryphal
Finite
Vitiate
33. To divide into two parts or branches
Consanguineous
Bifurcate
Binary
Inane
34. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Aphorism
Pernicious
Renege
Acumen
35. Extravagant exaggeration
E.g.
Ubiquitous
Halcyon
Hyperbole
36. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Specious
Fortuitous
Pejorative
Ameliorate
37. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Simile
Concatenation
Limited liability companies
Facetious
38. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Eclectic
Erudite
Pusillanimous
Unilateral
39. 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
Banal
Metaphor
Syntax
Salient
40. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Egalitarian
Supercilious
Didactic
Caveat
41. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Disingenuous
Acerbic
Verve
Fait accompli
42. A chain; a succession
Exiguous
Syntax
Verve
Concatenation
43. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Abrogate
Pernicious
Forbearance
Caveat
44. An amendment to an existing will
Equivocate
Facetious
Codicil
Vilify
45. Displaing a lack of maturity
Inane
Pernicious
Puerile
NB
46. Deadly
Pernicious
Fortuitous
Obviate
Avarice
47. To go back on a promise or commitment
Fortuitous
Ubiquitous
Renege
Lexicon
48. Full; entire; complete
Acrimony
Salient
Plenary
Syntax
49. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Demagogue
Limited liability companies
Prevaricate
Superfluous
50. Relating to money
Inane
Scintilla
Pecuniary
Requisite