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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Commonplace; trivial
Erudite
Obviate
Banal
Hyperbole
2. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Vociferous
Syllogism
Egalitarian
Sojourn
3. Environment; setting
Caveat
Fortuitous
Egalitarian
Milieu
4. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Reticent
Aphorism
Loquacious
Sardonic
5. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Verve
Inane
Exiguous
Visceral
6. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Avarice
Egalitarian
Nefarious
Chicanery
7. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Ubiquitous
Eclectic
Inchoate
Scintilla
8. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Symbiotic
Sardonic
Abrogate
Myopic
9. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Ethereal
Diction
Eclectic
Superfluous
10. Whimsical; changeable
Reticent
Capricious
Myopic
Indolent
11. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Verve
Syntax
Capricious
Pusillanimous
12. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Eclectic
Loquacious
Syllogism
Vilify
13. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Sardonic
Acerbic
Banal
14. Exempli gratia (for example)
Metaphor
Concatenation
E.g.
Probity
15. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Banal
Bi-polar
Probity
Pejorative
16. Brief - concise
Sardonic
Succinct
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Superfluous
17. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Probity
Finite
Disingenuous
Syllogism
18. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Diction
Requisite
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Chortle
19. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Ubiquitous
Inane
Renege
Patrician
20. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Ubiquitous
Chortle
Acumen
Ethereal
21. A natural inclination; predisposition
Levity
Hyperbole
Bifurcate
Proclivity
22. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Tautological
Proclivity
Abrogate
Erudite
23. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Probity
Syllogism
Carpe diem
24. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Symbiotic
Erudite
Indolent
Pecuniary
25. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Forbearance
Visceral
Abrogate
Vociferous
26. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Superfluous
Egalitarian
Demagogue
Fortuitous
27. Happening by chance
Pecuniary
Consanguineous
Exiguous
Fortuitous
28. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Cadre
NB
Probity
Salient
29. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Plenary
Eclectic
Euphemism
Arcane
30. Lacking in courage and resolution
Disingenuous
Pusillanimous
Diction
Patrician
31. Inclined to keep quiet
Adumbrate
Sojourn
Fait accompli
Reticent
32. Full; entire; complete
Dilatory
Ken
Avarice
Plenary
33. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Halcyon
Didactic
Tautological
Lexicon
34. Having bounds
Avarice
Finite
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35. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Finite
Halcyon
Exiguous
36. Lofty with pride
Ameliorate
Fortuitous
Supercilious
Binary
37. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Obviate
Symbiotic
Succinct
Acerbic
38. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Sojourn
Fortuitous
Symbiotic
39. To go back on a promise or commitment
Reticent
Simile
Renege
Patrician
40. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Aphorism
Cadre
Allegory
41. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Obviate
Abrogate
Visceral
Syllogism
42. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Limited liability companies
Aphorism
Supercilious
43. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Finite
Puerile
Prevaricate
44. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Capricious
Sine qua non
Ethereal
Collegial
45. Having only one side
Aphorism
Indolent
Patrician
Unilateral
46. Disparaging - belittling
Eclectic
Syllogism
Acerbic
Pejorative
47. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Acrimony
Visceral
Egalitarian
Specious
48. Relating to money
Tautological
Pecuniary
Logomachy
Res Ipsa Loquitur
49. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Vitiate
Tautological
Sardonic
Pusillanimous
50. Short lived
Prevaricate
Acrimony
Cadre
Ephemeral