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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Pecuniary
Levity
Aphorism
Bi-polar
2. A warning or caution
Inane
Caveat
Bi-polar
Ethereal
3. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Chicanery
Aphorism
Lexicon
Carpe diem
4. Id est (that is)
Caveat
Codicil
i.e.
Pedantic
5. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Levity
Ethereal
Verve
Carpe diem
6. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Vitiate
Facetious
Syntax
Demagogue
7. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Arcane
Inchoate
Consanguineous
Limited liability companies
8. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Inane
Acumen
Euphemism
Reticent
9. Deadly
Simile
Acrimony
Pernicious
Pejorative
10. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Acerbic
NB
Disingenuous
11. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Pedantic
Metaphor
Diction
Acrimony
12. Very talkative
Loquacious
NB
Nefarious
Obviate
13. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Salient
Verve
Sine qua non
Demagogue
14. Wicked in the extreme
Iconoclast
Levity
Nefarious
NB
15. Lacking in courage and resolution
Halcyon
Pusillanimous
Symbiotic
Myopic
16. Making a loud outcry
Chicanery
Vociferous
E.g.
Metaphor
17. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Aphorism
Vilify
Ethereal
18. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Consanguineous
Inchoate
Erudite
Obviate
19. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Sojourn
Tautological
Egalitarian
20. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Facetious
Concatenation
Puerile
Verve
21. Whimsical; changeable
Prevaricate
Capricious
Concatenation
Banal
22. Happening by chance
Allegory
Pernicious
Fortuitous
Inchoate
23. Honesty - uprightness
Pusillanimous
Egalitarian
Probity
Ephemeral
24. A natural inclination; predisposition
Succinct
Proclivity
Caveat
Unilateral
25. Argument over the definition of words
Ephemeral
Erudite
Scintilla
Logomachy
26. An indispensable thing
Supercilious
Aphorism
Scintilla
Sine qua non
27. The use of trickery to deceive
Didactic
Simile
i.e.
Chicanery
28. Lofty with pride
Sine qua non
Supercilious
Pernicious
Acumen
29. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Requisite
Indolent
Renege
Specious
30. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Puerile
Probity
Symbiotic
Chortle
31. Commonplace; trivial
Euphemism
Halcyon
Banal
Symbiotic
32. Necessary; indispensable
Requisite
Ameliorate
Prevaricate
Superfluous
33. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Inane
Apocryphal
Patrician
Vilify
34. To make or grow better
Finite
Halcyon
Ameliorate
Pusillanimous
35. Relating to money
Acrimony
Finite
Pecuniary
Levity
36. Being everywhere
Codicil
Ubiquitous
Diction
Inane
37. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Sardonic
Ken
Codicil
Ellipsis
38. Favoring social equality
Sardonic
Egalitarian
Ken
Aphorism
39. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ellipsis
Acumen
Scintilla
Dilatory
40. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Ephemeral
Erudite
Succinct
Inane
41. Disparaging - belittling
Pejorative
Sojourn
Ubiquitous
Lexicon
42. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Pejorative
Sardonic
Bi-polar
Verve
43. Extravagant exaggeration
Demagogue
Ken
Equivocate
Hyperbole
44. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Simile
Abrogate
Demagogue
Salient
45. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Equivocate
Capricious
Res Ipsa Loquitur
46. Course - base - instinctive
Cadre
Chicanery
Visceral
Abrogate
47. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Requisite
Levity
Fait accompli
Disingenuous
48. To make faulty or imperfect
Myopic
Vilify
i.e.
Vitiate
49. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Exiguous
Patrician
Collegial
Myopic
50. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Patrician
Renege
Ephemeral
Syntax