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1. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Bifurcate
Simile
Vociferous
2. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Sardonic
Bi-polar
Banal
Scintilla
3. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Egalitarian
Patrician
Plenary
Capricious
4. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Chicanery
Renege
Pecuniary
5. A warning or caution
Codicil
Limited liability companies
Egalitarian
Caveat
6. Short lived
Halcyon
Puerile
Succinct
Ephemeral
7. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Banal
Carpe diem
Probity
8. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Verve
Proclivity
Levity
Finite
9. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
Allegory
Fortuitous
Exiguous
10. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Ephemeral
Carpe diem
Sojourn
Ethereal
11. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Fait accompli
Proclivity
Syllogism
12. Bitterly sarcastic
Avarice
Scintilla
Sardonic
Obviate
13. A chain; a succession
Scintilla
Concatenation
Succinct
Binary
14. Favoring social equality
Diction
Hyperbole
Egalitarian
Consanguineous
15. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Caveat
Vilify
Symbiotic
Didactic
16. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Lexicon
Indolent
Collegial
Logomachy
17. Brief - concise
Sine qua non
Cadre
Proclivity
Succinct
18. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Nefarious
Ethereal
Cadre
19. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Proclivity
Salient
Adumbrate
Succinct
20. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Exiguous
Sine qua non
Iconoclast
i.e.
21. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Pejorative
Salient
Patrician
Sine qua non
22. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Syllogism
Ken
Cadre
23. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Succinct
Inane
Concatenation
24. Understood by only a few
Equivocate
Arcane
Ameliorate
Renege
25. To go back on a promise or commitment
Collegial
Renege
Obviate
Reticent
26. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
NB
Ellipsis
Patrician
Tautological
27. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Disingenuous
Milieu
Allegory
28. 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
Ken
Arcane
Salient
Metaphor
29. Lacking in courage and resolution
Levity
Acrimony
Inane
Pusillanimous
30. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Symbiotic
Reticent
Arcane
31. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Acrimony
Simile
Euphemism
Diction
32. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Concatenation
Acerbic
Verve
Pedantic
33. Deadly
Consanguineous
Pernicious
Vitiate
Ellipsis
34. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Scintilla
Pejorative
Res Ipsa Loquitur
35. Very talkative
Codicil
Pedantic
Loquacious
Plenary
36. Inclined to keep quiet
E.g.
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Finite
Reticent
37. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Prevaricate
Erudite
Verve
Pusillanimous
38. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Chortle
Facetious
Prevaricate
Ethereal
39. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Equivocate
Hyperbole
Abrogate
Ameliorate
40. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Probity
Verve
NB
Fait accompli
41. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
Diction
Syllogism
Carpe diem
42. To prevent by interception
Cadre
Plenary
Obviate
Pedantic
43. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Supercilious
Visceral
Collegial
44. An amendment to an existing will
Forbearance
Abrogate
Codicil
Lexicon
45. Displaing a lack of maturity
Finite
Erudite
Puerile
Nefarious
46. To make or grow better
Ken
Equivocate
Simile
Ameliorate
47. Necessary; indispensable
Avarice
Proclivity
Acrimony
Requisite
48. Id est (that is)
Prevaricate
Allegory
i.e.
Acumen
49. To make faulty or imperfect
Requisite
Vitiate
Succinct
Sine qua non
50. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Inchoate
Demagogue
Vitiate
Acerbic
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