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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Full; entire; complete
Pecuniary
Egalitarian
Plenary
Ethereal
2. A chain; a succession
Concatenation
Carpe diem
Sojourn
Pecuniary
3. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
Concatenation
Bifurcate
Codicil
4. Commonplace; trivial
Ken
Renege
Ellipsis
Banal
5. A warning or caution
Caveat
Superfluous
Acumen
Limited liability companies
6. To go back on a promise or commitment
Pejorative
Facetious
Renege
Consanguineous
7. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Acerbic
Apocryphal
Pecuniary
8. Favoring social equality
Syntax
Sine qua non
Egalitarian
Carpe diem
9. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Binary
Specious
Ameliorate
Myopic
10. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Codicil
Equivocate
Inchoate
Disingenuous
11. An indispensable thing
Metaphor
Verve
Sine qua non
Dilatory
12. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Prevaricate
Diction
Requisite
Metaphor
13. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Egalitarian
Binary
Forbearance
Ethereal
14. Understood by only a few
Sardonic
Collegial
Probity
Arcane
15. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Metaphor
Collegial
Arcane
Apocryphal
16. Disparaging - belittling
Fait accompli
Halcyon
Milieu
Pejorative
17. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Facetious
Iconoclast
Chortle
Acrimony
18. To prevent by interception
Obviate
Acumen
Chicanery
Ellipsis
19. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Fortuitous
Eclectic
Ethereal
Halcyon
20. A natural inclination; predisposition
Fait accompli
Scintilla
Proclivity
Sojourn
21. Having only one side
Vociferous
Carpe diem
Erudite
Unilateral
22. Very talkative
Sardonic
Capricious
Plenary
Loquacious
23. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Arcane
Sardonic
Scintilla
NB
24. Having bounds
Finite
Patrician
NB
Vociferous
25. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
E.g.
Halcyon
Superfluous
Logomachy
26. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Carpe diem
Vilify
Ethereal
Inane
27. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Capricious
Limited liability companies
Demagogue
Ellipsis
28. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Aphorism
Diction
Sine qua non
Bi-polar
29. An amendment to an existing will
Requisite
Codicil
Pedantic
Superfluous
30. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Allegory
Syllogism
Requisite
Chicanery
31. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Patrician
Collegial
Ephemeral
Abrogate
32. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Puerile
Demagogue
Pecuniary
Carpe diem
33. Inclined to keep quiet
Ellipsis
Reticent
Chortle
Dilatory
34. To depart from or evade the truth
Consanguineous
Logomachy
Sine qua non
Prevaricate
35. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Visceral
Ken
Exiguous
36. Extravagant exaggeration
Disingenuous
Hyperbole
Loquacious
Salient
37. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Ellipsis
NB
Disingenuous
Myopic
38. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Euphemism
Acumen
Capricious
NB
39. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Vitiate
Allegory
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Adumbrate
40. Necessary; indispensable
Supercilious
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Requisite
Logomachy
41. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Halcyon
Superfluous
Ellipsis
Milieu
42. Course - base - instinctive
Symbiotic
Visceral
Disingenuous
Egalitarian
43. Brief - concise
Succinct
Myopic
Codicil
Acrimony
44. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Arcane
Acumen
Diction
Vilify
45. To make faulty or imperfect
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Vitiate
Aphorism
Caveat
46. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Reticent
Prevaricate
Tautological
47. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Symbiotic
Tautological
Sardonic
Inane
48. Wicked in the extreme
Sardonic
Egalitarian
Nefarious
Unilateral
49. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Binary
Bi-polar
Diction
Plenary
50. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Consanguineous
Ken
Ephemeral
Pejorative