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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. To go back on a promise or commitment
Renege
Carpe diem
Ameliorate
Facetious
2. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Superfluous
Finite
Hyperbole
3. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Plenary
Pernicious
Euphemism
Salient
4. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
E.g.
Arcane
Fortuitous
Iconoclast
5. Being everywhere
Finite
Acrimony
Vilify
Ubiquitous
6. Environment; setting
Ethereal
Fortuitous
Sardonic
Milieu
7. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Puerile
Tautological
Fortuitous
Iconoclast
8. Having only one side
Banal
Scintilla
Dilatory
Unilateral
9. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Demagogue
Halcyon
Ephemeral
Superfluous
10. Id est (that is)
Dilatory
Equivocate
Cadre
i.e.
11. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
i.e.
Specious
Pusillanimous
12. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Vilify
Obviate
Plenary
13. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Sine qua non
Bifurcate
Concatenation
Inchoate
14. Short lived
Pedantic
Arcane
Iconoclast
Ephemeral
15. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Pejorative
Hyperbole
Pusillanimous
16. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Adumbrate
Salient
Milieu
Indolent
17. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Syntax
Verve
Vilify
Supercilious
18. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Codicil
Puerile
Levity
Inane
19. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Diction
Capricious
Milieu
Sardonic
20. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Reticent
Simile
Didactic
Acerbic
21. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Supercilious
Specious
Egalitarian
Aphorism
22. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Eclectic
Erudite
Finite
Consanguineous
23. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Avarice
Dilatory
Patrician
E.g.
24. To make or grow better
Chicanery
Ameliorate
i.e.
Inchoate
25. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Euphemism
Chortle
Simile
Capricious
26. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Inane
Apocryphal
Levity
Pedantic
27. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Concatenation
Allegory
Inchoate
Euphemism
28. Argument over the definition of words
Logomachy
Finite
Forbearance
Proclivity
29. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Acumen
Pecuniary
Facetious
Ubiquitous
30. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Prevaricate
Collegial
Vilify
Cadre
31. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Probity
Inane
Carpe diem
32. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
E.g.
Abrogate
Didactic
Reticent
33. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Bi-polar
Equivocate
Verve
Succinct
34. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Codicil
Disingenuous
Renege
Syntax
35. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Chicanery
Sardonic
Cadre
Aphorism
36. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Ephemeral
Symbiotic
Ameliorate
37. Understood by only a few
Tautological
Arcane
Pedantic
Acrimony
38. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Puerile
Ken
Demagogue
Verve
39. The thing speaks for itself
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Syllogism
Exiguous
Acrimony
40. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Ameliorate
Erudite
i.e.
Levity
41. Bitterly sarcastic
Dilatory
Finite
Sardonic
Apocryphal
42. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Obviate
Indolent
Dilatory
Verve
43. Full; entire; complete
Ethereal
Limited liability companies
Plenary
Supercilious
44. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Superfluous
Myopic
Iconoclast
Loquacious
45. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Concatenation
Eclectic
Codicil
Bi-polar
46. Brief - concise
Lexicon
Succinct
Chicanery
Renege
47. Deadly
i.e.
Hyperbole
Pernicious
Egalitarian
48. The use of trickery to deceive
Chicanery
Exiguous
Succinct
Bi-polar
49. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Forbearance
Salient
Specious
Capricious
50. Favoring social equality
Indolent
Egalitarian
Iconoclast
Levity