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1. Very talkative
Eclectic
Visceral
Pernicious
Loquacious
2. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Apocryphal
Binary
Salient
3. Lacking in courage and resolution
Acrimony
Pusillanimous
Verve
Acerbic
4. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Carpe diem
Acerbic
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Specious
5. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Sardonic
Superfluous
Ameliorate
Requisite
6. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Syntax
Acrimony
Diction
Forbearance
7. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Disingenuous
Acrimony
Myopic
Finite
8. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Didactic
Cadre
Vociferous
Plenary
9. The thing speaks for itself
Indolent
Fortuitous
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Sine qua non
10. To go back on a promise or commitment
Acumen
Pedantic
Arcane
Renege
11. To make faulty or imperfect
Egalitarian
Salient
Vitiate
Nefarious
12. To make or grow better
Pusillanimous
Didactic
Acumen
Ameliorate
13. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Ethereal
Apocryphal
Cadre
Eclectic
14. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Capricious
Facetious
Acrimony
Diction
15. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Consanguineous
Symbiotic
Ken
Facetious
16. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Indolent
Superfluous
Syntax
Inane
17. Deadly
Pernicious
Fortuitous
Egalitarian
Acrimony
18. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Proclivity
Ephemeral
Banal
Dilatory
19. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Sojourn
Obviate
Lexicon
Banal
20. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Obviate
Demagogue
Syntax
Eclectic
21. Full; entire; complete
Aphorism
Plenary
Indolent
Codicil
22. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Pecuniary
Collegial
NB
Sine qua non
23. 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
Metaphor
Pejorative
Pedantic
Euphemism
24. Happening by chance
Bi-polar
Fortuitous
Collegial
Puerile
25. Making a loud outcry
Capricious
Simile
Vociferous
Sine qua non
26. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Symbiotic
Unilateral
Syntax
27. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Verve
Milieu
Patrician
28. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Allegory
Acerbic
Lexicon
Inchoate
29. Commonplace; trivial
Syllogism
Banal
Pusillanimous
Requisite
30. Necessary; indispensable
Limited liability companies
Requisite
Prevaricate
Vitiate
31. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Ubiquitous
Salient
Disingenuous
Vitiate
32. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Scintilla
NB
Syllogism
Superfluous
33. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Demagogue
Acerbic
E.g.
Pusillanimous
34. Argument over the definition of words
Logomachy
Ken
Finite
Exiguous
35. Extravagant exaggeration
Logomachy
Hyperbole
Scintilla
Simile
36. Whimsical; changeable
Fait accompli
Hyperbole
Capricious
Iconoclast
37. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Superfluous
Abrogate
Plenary
Ethereal
38. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Apocryphal
Visceral
Inchoate
39. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Ethereal
Avarice
Patrician
40. Relating to money
Proclivity
Fortuitous
Simile
Pecuniary
41. Displaing a lack of maturity
Ellipsis
Puerile
Ken
Scintilla
42. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Allegory
Adumbrate
E.g.
NB
43. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Plenary
Syntax
Vociferous
Ken
44. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Didactic
Vociferous
Salient
E.g.
45. Course - base - instinctive
Scintilla
Pedantic
Tautological
Visceral
46. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Limited liability companies
Succinct
Symbiotic
47. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Inane
Binary
Chicanery
Codicil
48. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Caveat
Milieu
Consanguineous
Binary
49. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Caveat
Tautological
Salient
Cadre
50. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Euphemism
Prevaricate
NB
Vociferous
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