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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Logomachy
Codicil
Collegial
Binary
2. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Chortle
Eclectic
Vociferous
3. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Bifurcate
Lexicon
Simile
Collegial
4. Having only one side
Unilateral
Vitiate
Collegial
Acerbic
5. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Sine qua non
Renege
Cadre
Verve
6. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Finite
Erudite
Halcyon
7. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Simile
Ethereal
Pejorative
Egalitarian
8. Lacking in courage and resolution
Banal
Pedantic
Carpe diem
Pusillanimous
9. 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
Inane
Acumen
Finite
Metaphor
10. To depart from or evade the truth
Prevaricate
Caveat
Puerile
Renege
11. An amendment to an existing will
Adumbrate
Sine qua non
Obviate
Codicil
12. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Forbearance
Pecuniary
Logomachy
Iconoclast
13. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Obviate
Egalitarian
Nefarious
14. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Milieu
Demagogue
Metaphor
15. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Collegial
Logomachy
Dilatory
Syntax
16. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Tautological
Inane
Forbearance
Codicil
17. Very talkative
Acerbic
Loquacious
Levity
Disingenuous
18. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Pejorative
Erudite
Inane
19. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Facetious
Halcyon
Verve
Reticent
20. Favoring social equality
Vitiate
Egalitarian
Chortle
Supercilious
21. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Acerbic
Scintilla
Adumbrate
Vilify
22. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ephemeral
Vilify
Ellipsis
Pedantic
23. The thing speaks for itself
Banal
Unilateral
Visceral
Res Ipsa Loquitur
24. Seize the moment
Syntax
Levity
Carpe diem
Hyperbole
25. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Unilateral
Syntax
Fait accompli
Scintilla
26. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Vitiate
Forbearance
Eclectic
Levity
27. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Simile
Syllogism
Lexicon
Arcane
28. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Renege
Symbiotic
Apocryphal
Forbearance
29. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Allegory
Acrimony
Proclivity
Codicil
30. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
NB
Plenary
Syntax
31. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Banal
Dilatory
Lexicon
Superfluous
32. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Fortuitous
Collegial
Logomachy
33. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Plenary
Salient
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Abrogate
34. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Probity
Banal
Caveat
Specious
35. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Binary
Demagogue
NB
Chicanery
36. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Disingenuous
Arcane
Sojourn
Pedantic
37. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Concatenation
Aphorism
Sojourn
Arcane
38. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Cadre
Demagogue
Binary
Puerile
39. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Prevaricate
Inchoate
Puerile
Acrimony
40. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Ken
Patrician
Bi-polar
Proclivity
41. Bitterly sarcastic
Codicil
Sardonic
Sojourn
Fortuitous
42. Necessary; indispensable
Equivocate
Didactic
Pedantic
Requisite
43. Commonplace; trivial
Eclectic
Finite
Banal
Vilify
44. Short lived
Specious
Ephemeral
Puerile
Tautological
45. Making a loud outcry
Loquacious
Acrimony
Requisite
Vociferous
46. Extravagant exaggeration
Facetious
Proclivity
NB
Hyperbole
47. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Symbiotic
Patrician
Levity
Didactic
48. Happening by chance
Chortle
Myopic
Carpe diem
Fortuitous
49. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Eclectic
Hyperbole
Caveat
Tautological
50. A chain; a succession
Diction
Abrogate
Concatenation
Prevaricate