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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. A chain; a succession
Bi-polar
Concatenation
Exiguous
Myopic
2. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Ubiquitous
Consanguineous
Pusillanimous
3. Relating to money
Disingenuous
Pecuniary
Unilateral
Bi-polar
4. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Forbearance
Chicanery
Apocryphal
Exiguous
5. The thing speaks for itself
Cadre
Verve
Obviate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
6. Necessary; indispensable
Limited liability companies
E.g.
Bi-polar
Requisite
7. Inclined to keep quiet
Apocryphal
Simile
Reticent
Loquacious
8. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Dilatory
Fait accompli
Binary
9. Happening by chance
Pejorative
Adumbrate
Halcyon
Fortuitous
10. A natural inclination; predisposition
Aphorism
Capricious
Didactic
Proclivity
11. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Halcyon
Fortuitous
Limited liability companies
Forbearance
12. Wicked in the extreme
i.e.
Equivocate
Nefarious
Binary
13. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Bifurcate
Chortle
Loquacious
14. An indispensable thing
Ken
Bifurcate
Pejorative
Sine qua non
15. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Facetious
Simile
Sine qua non
Ubiquitous
16. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Plenary
Ethereal
Pernicious
Adumbrate
17. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
i.e.
Chortle
Obviate
Iconoclast
18. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Probity
Euphemism
Logomachy
Myopic
19. Environment; setting
Fait accompli
Dilatory
Disingenuous
Milieu
20. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Ephemeral
Salient
Milieu
Allegory
21. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Halcyon
Lexicon
Levity
Ellipsis
22. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ellipsis
Binary
Succinct
Syllogism
23. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Cadre
Avarice
Syllogism
Eclectic
24. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
NB
Bifurcate
Patrician
Binary
25. Understood by only a few
Iconoclast
Ameliorate
Acerbic
Arcane
26. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Arcane
Limited liability companies
Tautological
Fait accompli
27. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Sojourn
Iconoclast
Indolent
Metaphor
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
Pejorative
Metaphor
Euphemism
Visceral
29. The use of trickery to deceive
Pusillanimous
Chicanery
Ameliorate
Ubiquitous
30. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
E.g.
Levity
Carpe diem
Visceral
31. To make or grow better
Prevaricate
Equivocate
Syntax
Ameliorate
32. Whimsical; changeable
Exiguous
Tautological
i.e.
Capricious
33. Disparaging - belittling
Pejorative
Reticent
Consanguineous
Bi-polar
34. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Dilatory
Ethereal
Acumen
Bi-polar
35. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Apocryphal
Acrimony
Fait accompli
36. Course - base - instinctive
Pernicious
Visceral
Renege
Tautological
37. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Sojourn
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Inchoate
Acerbic
38. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Metaphor
Simile
Syntax
NB
39. Extravagant exaggeration
Hyperbole
Ellipsis
Unilateral
Milieu
40. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Levity
Bifurcate
Erudite
41. A warning or caution
Eclectic
Superfluous
Ubiquitous
Caveat
42. Being everywhere
Collegial
Requisite
Ubiquitous
Ken
43. Making a loud outcry
Syntax
Equivocate
Vociferous
Specious
44. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Loquacious
Iconoclast
Diction
i.e.
45. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Adumbrate
Demagogue
Banal
Collegial
46. To go back on a promise or commitment
Demagogue
Vitiate
Hyperbole
Renege
47. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Reticent
Cadre
Facetious
Pernicious
48. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Lexicon
Avarice
Didactic
Symbiotic
49. Commonplace; trivial
Avarice
Egalitarian
Abrogate
Banal
50. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Pedantic
Fait accompli
Reticent
Ameliorate