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1. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Banal
Caveat
Visceral
Erudite
2. Understood by only a few
Fortuitous
Salient
Fait accompli
Arcane
3. Whimsical; changeable
Ubiquitous
Cadre
Euphemism
Capricious
4. To make or grow better
Tautological
Avarice
Ameliorate
Specious
5. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Pernicious
Ubiquitous
NB
Salient
6. Wicked in the extreme
Proclivity
Avarice
Nefarious
Pernicious
7. Extremely scanty (bare)
Ellipsis
Exiguous
Acerbic
Scintilla
8. The use of trickery to deceive
Chicanery
Dilatory
Nefarious
Limited liability companies
9. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Diction
Banal
Myopic
10. Environment; setting
E.g.
Milieu
Forbearance
Lexicon
11. Extravagant exaggeration
Ubiquitous
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Metaphor
12. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Myopic
Lexicon
Concatenation
Ethereal
13. Id est (that is)
Chicanery
Vilify
Hyperbole
i.e.
14. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Levity
Ameliorate
Iconoclast
15. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Sardonic
Chicanery
Codicil
16. 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
Symbiotic
Ethereal
Pecuniary
Metaphor
17. Lacking in courage and resolution
Pusillanimous
Binary
Vociferous
Ethereal
18. To depart from or evade the truth
Syllogism
Prevaricate
Codicil
Collegial
19. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Pernicious
NB
Proclivity
Halcyon
20. A chain; a succession
Levity
Symbiotic
Cadre
Concatenation
21. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Fait accompli
Inchoate
Acumen
22. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Iconoclast
Superfluous
E.g.
Tautological
23. An amendment to an existing will
Symbiotic
Renege
Inchoate
Codicil
24. To make faulty or imperfect
Capricious
Vitiate
Allegory
Disingenuous
25. Argument over the definition of words
Eclectic
Exiguous
Obviate
Logomachy
26. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Forbearance
Caveat
Acrimony
Erudite
27. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Abrogate
Bi-polar
Levity
Scintilla
28. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Bi-polar
Ephemeral
Sojourn
NB
29. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Patrician
Chortle
Tautological
Superfluous
30. Seize the moment
Vitiate
NB
Carpe diem
Visceral
31. The thing speaks for itself
Ubiquitous
Indolent
Facetious
Res Ipsa Loquitur
32. Necessary; indispensable
Scintilla
Pernicious
Requisite
Carpe diem
33. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Unilateral
E.g.
Pejorative
34. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Reticent
Pedantic
Milieu
35. Displaing a lack of maturity
Probity
Caveat
Puerile
Salient
36. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Bi-polar
Indolent
Pecuniary
Superfluous
37. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Collegial
Inane
Consanguineous
Vitiate
38. Full; entire; complete
Forbearance
Prevaricate
Plenary
Obviate
39. A warning or caution
Salient
Finite
Logomachy
Caveat
40. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Verve
Fait accompli
Binary
Vociferous
41. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Vociferous
Avarice
Equivocate
Vitiate
42. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Carpe diem
Vociferous
Acerbic
43. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Symbiotic
Vitiate
Indolent
Sine qua non
44. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Succinct
Consanguineous
Ken
Verve
45. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Pecuniary
Ubiquitous
Bifurcate
Patrician
46. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Salient
NB
Specious
47. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Sojourn
Patrician
Sardonic
48. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Milieu
Acerbic
Facetious
Ephemeral
49. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Fait accompli
Ethereal
Dilatory
Verve
50. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Forbearance
Ameliorate
Symbiotic
Acrimony
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