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1. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Patrician
Equivocate
Chicanery
NB
2. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Superfluous
Simile
Scintilla
Vociferous
3. Lacking in courage and resolution
Pusillanimous
Binary
Renege
Acrimony
4. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Metaphor
Facetious
Ethereal
Indolent
5. To prevent by interception
Obviate
Salient
Apocryphal
Consanguineous
6. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
i.e.
Egalitarian
Ameliorate
7. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Obviate
Didactic
Ethereal
Cadre
8. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Bifurcate
Euphemism
Verve
Bi-polar
9. Inclined to keep quiet
Vilify
Reticent
Indolent
Acerbic
10. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Succinct
Proclivity
Myopic
Salient
11. The use of trickery to deceive
Indolent
Avarice
Chicanery
Plenary
12. The thing speaks for itself
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Renege
Apocryphal
Erudite
13. Understood by only a few
Pecuniary
Arcane
Abrogate
Visceral
14. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Forbearance
Scintilla
Acumen
Capricious
15. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Demagogue
Fait accompli
Facetious
Chortle
16. A chain; a succession
Abrogate
Pernicious
Superfluous
Concatenation
17. Lofty with pride
Patrician
Supercilious
Verve
Succinct
18. A natural inclination; predisposition
Requisite
Renege
Proclivity
Res Ipsa Loquitur
19. Environment; setting
Pecuniary
Milieu
Ethereal
Bi-polar
20. Extravagant exaggeration
Aphorism
Hyperbole
Finite
Myopic
21. Making a loud outcry
Verve
Vociferous
i.e.
Metaphor
22. Favoring social equality
Ameliorate
Aphorism
Fait accompli
Egalitarian
23. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Abrogate
Iconoclast
Equivocate
24. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Banal
Disingenuous
Lexicon
Halcyon
25. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Exiguous
Allegory
Pecuniary
Capricious
26. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Demagogue
Consanguineous
Binary
27. An amendment to an existing will
E.g.
Syllogism
Codicil
Visceral
28. Happening by chance
Capricious
Allegory
Fortuitous
Reticent
29. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Collegial
Equivocate
Aphorism
Myopic
30. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Forbearance
Indolent
Cadre
Vilify
31. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Levity
Limited liability companies
Erudite
Ephemeral
32. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Binary
Pejorative
Reticent
33. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Dilatory
Fortuitous
Diction
34. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Scintilla
Caveat
Disingenuous
Milieu
35. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Syntax
Ken
Nefarious
Plenary
36. To depart from or evade the truth
Fait accompli
Pernicious
Prevaricate
Carpe diem
37. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Symbiotic
Facetious
Allegory
Inchoate
38. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Bifurcate
Ethereal
Inchoate
Capricious
39. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Chicanery
Dilatory
Halcyon
Aphorism
40. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Abrogate
Probity
Acumen
Levity
41. Short lived
Pecuniary
Syllogism
Ephemeral
Avarice
42. A warning or caution
Equivocate
Caveat
Exiguous
Aphorism
43. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Reticent
Disingenuous
Cadre
Iconoclast
44. Necessary; indispensable
Ethereal
Requisite
Syntax
Supercilious
45. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Dilatory
Disingenuous
Obviate
Limited liability companies
46. Displaing a lack of maturity
Probity
Sardonic
Puerile
Milieu
47. Course - base - instinctive
Capricious
Hyperbole
Visceral
Superfluous
48. To make faulty or imperfect
Logomachy
Vitiate
Vilify
Pedantic
49. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Abrogate
Exiguous
Scintilla
Iconoclast
50. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Patrician
Sine qua non
Disingenuous
Visceral
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