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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Extravagant exaggeration
i.e.
Hyperbole
Indolent
Egalitarian
2. The thing speaks for itself
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Chicanery
Facetious
Symbiotic
3. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Ephemeral
Ubiquitous
Syllogism
4. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Verve
Logomachy
Hyperbole
5. Full; entire; complete
Consanguineous
Logomachy
Plenary
Tautological
6. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Acumen
Indolent
Supercilious
7. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Pedantic
Concatenation
Superfluous
Demagogue
8. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Limited liability companies
Milieu
Facetious
Puerile
9. A chain; a succession
Concatenation
Inane
Eclectic
Codicil
10. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Erudite
Acrimony
Probity
Simile
11. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Ubiquitous
Tautological
Cadre
Euphemism
12. Brief - concise
Specious
Facetious
Succinct
Ubiquitous
13. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Levity
Didactic
Proclivity
14. Being everywhere
Pernicious
Equivocate
Ubiquitous
Binary
15. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Limited liability companies
Ephemeral
Superfluous
16. Extremely scanty (bare)
Diction
Abrogate
Exiguous
Hyperbole
17. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Consanguineous
Forbearance
Allegory
18. Inclined to keep quiet
Ubiquitous
Visceral
Reticent
Probity
19. Exempli gratia (for example)
Limited liability companies
Supercilious
Diction
E.g.
20. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Fortuitous
Collegial
Eclectic
Pecuniary
21. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Erudite
Proclivity
Ellipsis
Chicanery
22. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Supercilious
Limited liability companies
Demagogue
23. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Unilateral
Ken
Eclectic
24. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Supercilious
Vociferous
Puerile
25. Deadly
Pernicious
Indolent
Sojourn
Milieu
26. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Ethereal
Euphemism
Halcyon
Eclectic
27. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Erudite
Disingenuous
Allegory
Symbiotic
28. Course - base - instinctive
Succinct
Pejorative
Pedantic
Visceral
29. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Concatenation
Pejorative
Fortuitous
Sojourn
30. Lacking in courage and resolution
Reticent
Pusillanimous
Codicil
Inane
31. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Sardonic
Nefarious
Abrogate
Facetious
32. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Fait accompli
Vociferous
Tautological
Symbiotic
33. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Sine qua non
Vitiate
Apocryphal
34. An indispensable thing
Sardonic
Unilateral
Codicil
Sine qua non
35. To prevent by interception
Obviate
Lexicon
Fait accompli
Inchoate
36. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Acrimony
Carpe diem
Binary
37. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Ethereal
Verve
Codicil
Res Ipsa Loquitur
38. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Carpe diem
Metaphor
Bi-polar
Arcane
39. To make faulty or imperfect
Vitiate
Didactic
Pernicious
Myopic
40. 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
Patrician
Banal
Metaphor
Acrimony
41. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Cadre
Codicil
Eclectic
42. A natural inclination; predisposition
Proclivity
Plenary
Superfluous
Vociferous
43. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Inchoate
Abrogate
Dilatory
Milieu
44. Favoring social equality
Limited liability companies
Supercilious
Egalitarian
Renege
45. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Lexicon
Myopic
Demagogue
Succinct
46. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Proclivity
Specious
Simile
Vociferous
47. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Codicil
Ethereal
Limited liability companies
Erudite
48. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Proclivity
Ubiquitous
Vociferous
Simile
49. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Renege
Diction
Nefarious
50. A warning or caution
Requisite
Prevaricate
Caveat
Supercilious