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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Extravagant exaggeration
Chortle
Ameliorate
Hyperbole
Scintilla
2. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Proclivity
NB
Patrician
3. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Halcyon
Collegial
Carpe diem
4. Having bounds
Capricious
Specious
Finite
Limited liability companies
5. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Simile
Equivocate
Adumbrate
Ellipsis
6. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Abrogate
Dilatory
Verve
Consanguineous
7. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Patrician
Obviate
Fortuitous
Caveat
8. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Equivocate
Dilatory
Vilify
Diction
9. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Syntax
Ellipsis
Ken
Chortle
10. Seize the moment
Forbearance
Ethereal
Carpe diem
Pejorative
11. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Allegory
Fait accompli
Acerbic
Cadre
12. Having only one side
Didactic
Sine qua non
Cadre
Unilateral
13. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Ethereal
Pedantic
Superfluous
Finite
14. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Adumbrate
Euphemism
Lexicon
Chicanery
15. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Plenary
Requisite
Diction
16. Inclined to keep quiet
Syntax
Allegory
Reticent
NB
17. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Demagogue
Egalitarian
Disingenuous
Inane
18. The thing speaks for itself
Verve
i.e.
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Vociferous
19. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Abrogate
Eclectic
Hyperbole
Limited liability companies
20. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Lexicon
Verve
Abrogate
Salient
21. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
E.g.
Visceral
Forbearance
Sojourn
22. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Erudite
Acerbic
Nefarious
Facetious
23. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Acrimony
Collegial
Fortuitous
24. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Didactic
Eclectic
Capricious
25. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Fortuitous
Nefarious
Facetious
Ameliorate
26. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Banal
Adumbrate
Inchoate
Allegory
27. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Nefarious
Pernicious
Bifurcate
28. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Ameliorate
Consanguineous
Patrician
Vociferous
29. Commonplace; trivial
Egalitarian
Prevaricate
Banal
Consanguineous
30. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Allegory
Vociferous
Chortle
31. Relating to money
Scintilla
Carpe diem
Erudite
Pecuniary
32. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Pernicious
Ameliorate
Codicil
Halcyon
33. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Prevaricate
Lexicon
Verve
34. Lofty with pride
Pecuniary
Supercilious
Puerile
Levity
35. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Banal
Chortle
Tautological
Ken
36. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Hyperbole
Scintilla
37. The use of trickery to deceive
Fortuitous
Chicanery
Sine qua non
Vilify
38. Whimsical; changeable
Abrogate
Pernicious
Capricious
Levity
39. Short lived
Chicanery
Ephemeral
Metaphor
Exiguous
40. A chain; a succession
Binary
Avarice
Salient
Concatenation
41. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Pusillanimous
Erudite
Ameliorate
Loquacious
42. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Obviate
Acumen
Salient
NB
43. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Ameliorate
Loquacious
Euphemism
Bifurcate
44. To prevent by interception
E.g.
Obviate
Pecuniary
Diction
45. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Logomachy
Fait accompli
Banal
Verve
46. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Fortuitous
Egalitarian
Sojourn
47. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Iconoclast
Eclectic
Sojourn
Caveat
48. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Nefarious
Loquacious
Superfluous
Obviate
49. Making a loud outcry
Vitiate
Vociferous
Salient
Concatenation
50. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Verve
Specious
Acerbic
Salient