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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Milieu
Erudite
Specious
2. Understood by only a few
Cadre
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Pecuniary
Arcane
3. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Capricious
E.g.
Finite
Superfluous
4. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
NB
Reticent
Equivocate
Forbearance
5. An amendment to an existing will
Chicanery
Ephemeral
Salient
Codicil
6. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Equivocate
Prevaricate
Patrician
Ken
7. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Carpe diem
Diction
Binary
Reticent
8. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Ephemeral
Puerile
Bi-polar
Unilateral
9. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Ephemeral
Probity
Acerbic
Ubiquitous
10. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Salient
Nefarious
Verve
Proclivity
11. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Pedantic
Apocryphal
Iconoclast
NB
12. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Levity
Unilateral
Carpe diem
Iconoclast
13. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Bi-polar
Inane
Metaphor
Cadre
14. The thing speaks for itself
Res Ipsa Loquitur
NB
Obviate
Verve
15. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Ethereal
Forbearance
Pedantic
Apocryphal
16. Full; entire; complete
Avarice
Halcyon
Vilify
Plenary
17. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Allegory
Codicil
Inchoate
E.g.
18. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Eclectic
Avarice
Adumbrate
Bifurcate
19. Lofty with pride
Supercilious
Syllogism
Probity
Inchoate
20. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Ethereal
Facetious
Unilateral
Forbearance
21. To make faulty or imperfect
Vitiate
Succinct
Consanguineous
NB
22. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Plenary
Apocryphal
Pedantic
Vilify
23. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Patrician
Vociferous
Collegial
Cadre
24. Favoring social equality
Pecuniary
Dilatory
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Egalitarian
25. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Syntax
Symbiotic
Apocryphal
Bifurcate
26. Disparaging - belittling
Sine qua non
Pejorative
Proclivity
Eclectic
27. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Myopic
Requisite
Euphemism
Abrogate
28. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Reticent
Lexicon
Simile
Consanguineous
29. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Specious
Limited liability companies
Sardonic
Allegory
30. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
i.e.
Pernicious
Bi-polar
Ellipsis
31. Displaing a lack of maturity
Fortuitous
Puerile
Finite
Patrician
32. Brief - concise
Finite
Bifurcate
Succinct
Abrogate
33. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Didactic
Pernicious
Sardonic
Diction
34. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Scintilla
Facetious
Acrimony
Adumbrate
35. Extravagant exaggeration
Pusillanimous
Hyperbole
Banal
Requisite
36. Very talkative
Loquacious
Ubiquitous
Concatenation
NB
37. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Pecuniary
Pejorative
Specious
Demagogue
38. Happening by chance
Visceral
Adumbrate
Fortuitous
Pernicious
39. A natural inclination; predisposition
Levity
Finite
Hyperbole
Proclivity
40. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Erudite
Ethereal
Apocryphal
Sojourn
41. To divide into two parts or branches
Ethereal
Bifurcate
Bi-polar
Concatenation
42. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Vociferous
Milieu
Indolent
Forbearance
43. The use of trickery to deceive
Indolent
Chicanery
Obviate
Egalitarian
44. Relating to money
Didactic
Indolent
Apocryphal
Pecuniary
45. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Fait accompli
Syllogism
Bi-polar
Forbearance
46. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Succinct
Acerbic
Chortle
Myopic
47. Id est (that is)
Capricious
Obviate
Requisite
i.e.
48. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Adumbrate
Forbearance
Verve
49. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Ellipsis
Acumen
Banal
NB
50. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Pusillanimous
Scintilla
Cadre
Specious