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100 Words For Every College Student

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues






2. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






3. Full; entire; complete






4. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear






5. An indispensable thing






6. Favoring social equality






7. Wicked in the extreme






8. Extremely scanty (bare)






9. Relating to money






10. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless






11. Inclined to keep quiet






12. Having only one side






13. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible






14. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone






15. Environment; setting






16. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way






17. Having bounds






18. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned






19. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas






20. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible






21. Seize the moment






22. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle






23. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once






24. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy






25. To depart from or evade the truth






26. Disparaging - belittling






27. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules






28. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary






29. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power






30. A warning or caution






31. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






32. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating






33. Exempli gratia (for example)






34. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void






35. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






36. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste






37. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)






38. Course - base - instinctive






39. Partially but not fully in existence or operation






40. A natural inclination; predisposition






41. To make or grow better






42. 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






43. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage






44. Bitterly sarcastic






45. The choice and use of words in speech or writing






46. Honesty - uprightness






47. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence






48. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form






49. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions






50. Lofty with pride