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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Disingenuous
Levity
Prevaricate
Vilify
2. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Exiguous
Pedantic
Caveat
3. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Adumbrate
Visceral
Halcyon
4. A chain; a succession
Syntax
Concatenation
Sojourn
Requisite
5. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Pusillanimous
Cadre
Syntax
Prevaricate
6. Favoring social equality
Visceral
Ellipsis
Bifurcate
Egalitarian
7. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Allegory
Disingenuous
Carpe diem
Binary
8. Wicked in the extreme
Ethereal
Ubiquitous
Nefarious
Demagogue
9. Happening by chance
Indolent
Fortuitous
Myopic
Euphemism
10. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Proclivity
Ubiquitous
Puerile
Vilify
11. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Carpe diem
Ubiquitous
i.e.
Didactic
12. Necessary; indispensable
Hyperbole
Requisite
Verve
Lexicon
13. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Syllogism
Didactic
Simile
Equivocate
14. Commonplace; trivial
Requisite
Specious
Banal
Equivocate
15. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Tautological
Specious
Ellipsis
Acerbic
16. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Disingenuous
Syllogism
Apocryphal
Codicil
17. Seize the moment
i.e.
Carpe diem
Nefarious
Collegial
18. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Ken
Exiguous
Equivocate
Levity
19. Extravagant exaggeration
Hyperbole
Pedantic
Apocryphal
NB
20. An amendment to an existing will
Codicil
Scintilla
Ken
Requisite
21. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Sojourn
Euphemism
Eclectic
Limited liability companies
22. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Pedantic
Tautological
Adumbrate
23. The thing speaks for itself
Consanguineous
Succinct
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Acrimony
24. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Vilify
Pedantic
Exiguous
Facetious
25. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Vitiate
Scintilla
Patrician
Fait accompli
26. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Verve
Euphemism
i.e.
Hyperbole
27. Having only one side
Fortuitous
Euphemism
Unilateral
Abrogate
28. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Sine qua non
Obviate
Bi-polar
Ken
29. Full; entire; complete
Euphemism
Syllogism
Plenary
i.e.
30. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Sine qua non
Ephemeral
Pecuniary
Patrician
31. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
NB
Disingenuous
Inchoate
Codicil
32. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Banal
Eclectic
Vitiate
Ephemeral
33. Lofty with pride
Fait accompli
Reticent
Supercilious
Succinct
34. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Banal
Forbearance
Logomachy
Res Ipsa Loquitur
35. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Capricious
Acerbic
Dilatory
36. Displaing a lack of maturity
Acerbic
Collegial
Puerile
Ken
37. Course - base - instinctive
Acerbic
Diction
Visceral
Demagogue
38. To make faulty or imperfect
Facetious
Puerile
Unilateral
Vitiate
39. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Acerbic
NB
Inchoate
Levity
40. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Acerbic
Fortuitous
Unilateral
Chicanery
41. Short lived
Equivocate
Sojourn
Ephemeral
Supercilious
42. Brief - concise
Ethereal
E.g.
Tautological
Succinct
43. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Binary
Sine qua non
Myopic
Verve
44. Argument over the definition of words
Salient
Obviate
Logomachy
Prevaricate
45. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Exiguous
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Halcyon
Ken
46. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Proclivity
Ubiquitous
Codicil
47. To go back on a promise or commitment
Adumbrate
Syntax
Renege
Diction
48. Disparaging - belittling
Eclectic
Nefarious
Pejorative
Equivocate
49. Very talkative
Banal
Loquacious
E.g.
Milieu
50. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Patrician
Inchoate
Pernicious