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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Having bounds
Ken
Ephemeral
Nefarious
Finite
2. Being everywhere
Chortle
Ubiquitous
Adumbrate
Unilateral
3. To depart from or evade the truth
Ethereal
Supercilious
Unilateral
Prevaricate
4. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Concatenation
Supercilious
Tautological
Dilatory
5. Deadly
Renege
Cadre
Pernicious
Ken
6. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Aphorism
Avarice
Facetious
i.e.
7. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Symbiotic
Adumbrate
Metaphor
Limited liability companies
8. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Scintilla
Visceral
Inane
Pejorative
9. A warning or caution
Sardonic
Diction
Salient
Caveat
10. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Didactic
Syntax
Dilatory
i.e.
11. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Nefarious
Unilateral
Syllogism
Verve
12. 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
Levity
Arcane
Demagogue
Metaphor
13. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Succinct
Halcyon
Verve
Inane
14. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Halcyon
Arcane
Renege
Forbearance
15. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Facetious
Nefarious
Probity
i.e.
16. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Verve
Dilatory
Metaphor
Pedantic
17. Full; entire; complete
Plenary
i.e.
Sojourn
Ameliorate
18. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Ethereal
Abrogate
Loquacious
Verve
19. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Prevaricate
Erudite
Tautological
Didactic
20. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Acumen
Bi-polar
Proclivity
Pecuniary
21. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Adumbrate
Fortuitous
Iconoclast
Sojourn
22. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Chortle
Bifurcate
Sardonic
Iconoclast
23. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Supercilious
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Nefarious
Inchoate
24. An amendment to an existing will
Sardonic
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Codicil
Requisite
25. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Vociferous
Halcyon
Superfluous
26. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Erudite
Fait accompli
Inane
Vitiate
27. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Equivocate
Consanguineous
NB
28. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Limited liability companies
Consanguineous
Ethereal
29. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Acumen
Inchoate
Succinct
Indolent
30. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Sine qua non
Specious
Verve
Supercilious
31. Disparaging - belittling
Pejorative
Limited liability companies
Halcyon
NB
32. The thing speaks for itself
Cadre
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Fortuitous
Egalitarian
33. To prevent by interception
Ethereal
Salient
Obviate
Chortle
34. Lacking in courage and resolution
Scintilla
E.g.
Pusillanimous
Adumbrate
35. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Disingenuous
Indolent
Bi-polar
Succinct
36. Honesty - uprightness
Acumen
Milieu
Probity
Scintilla
37. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Syllogism
Forbearance
Indolent
38. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Metaphor
Exiguous
Patrician
39. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Limited liability companies
Ellipsis
Prevaricate
Probity
40. Short lived
Ephemeral
Capricious
E.g.
Iconoclast
41. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Salient
Syntax
i.e.
Apocryphal
42. Having only one side
Plenary
Didactic
Unilateral
Supercilious
43. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Unilateral
Abrogate
Prevaricate
Eclectic
44. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Banal
Lexicon
Superfluous
Inchoate
45. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Arcane
Inchoate
Collegial
Vilify
46. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Diction
Arcane
Requisite
Ethereal
47. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Ken
Salient
Allegory
Tautological
48. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Scintilla
Reticent
Proclivity
49. Bitterly sarcastic
Fait accompli
Sardonic
Ubiquitous
Pedantic
50. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Halcyon
Indolent
Adumbrate
Binary