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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Very talkative
Caveat
Abrogate
Loquacious
Simile
2. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Acumen
Egalitarian
Verve
Exiguous
3. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Inane
Reticent
Codicil
4. Inclined to keep quiet
Patrician
Indolent
Fait accompli
Reticent
5. Exempli gratia (for example)
Carpe diem
E.g.
Acumen
Pernicious
6. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Syntax
Consanguineous
Chortle
Inchoate
7. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Supercilious
Simile
Tautological
Carpe diem
8. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Proclivity
Symbiotic
Capricious
Apocryphal
9. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Specious
Capricious
Collegial
Disingenuous
10. An amendment to an existing will
Supercilious
Ephemeral
Codicil
Pecuniary
11. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Hyperbole
Binary
NB
Abrogate
12. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Diction
Syllogism
Res Ipsa Loquitur
13. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Salient
Acerbic
Banal
Bi-polar
14. The use of trickery to deceive
Vitiate
Adumbrate
Chicanery
Eclectic
15. The thing speaks for itself
E.g.
Vociferous
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Sine qua non
16. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Inchoate
Diction
Arcane
Visceral
17. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Eclectic
Codicil
Vitiate
18. Argument over the definition of words
Nefarious
Logomachy
Syntax
Hyperbole
19. Deadly
Renege
Collegial
Sojourn
Pernicious
20. Necessary; indispensable
Finite
Syntax
Requisite
Milieu
21. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Diction
Indolent
Metaphor
22. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Didactic
Chortle
Forbearance
Avarice
23. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Syntax
Salient
Acrimony
Euphemism
24. A chain; a succession
Demagogue
Prevaricate
Symbiotic
Concatenation
25. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Ameliorate
Abrogate
Aphorism
Adumbrate
26. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Adumbrate
Bi-polar
Milieu
27. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Erudite
Consanguineous
Dilatory
28. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Vilify
Consanguineous
Allegory
Verve
29. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Superfluous
Equivocate
Apocryphal
Inchoate
30. Commonplace; trivial
Acumen
Banal
Didactic
Nefarious
31. To go back on a promise or commitment
Pernicious
Carpe diem
Puerile
Renege
32. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Hyperbole
Limited liability companies
Egalitarian
Banal
33. Full; entire; complete
Inane
Arcane
Plenary
Syntax
34. Favoring social equality
Abrogate
Facetious
Arcane
Egalitarian
35. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Fortuitous
Forbearance
Finite
36. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ellipsis
Specious
Exiguous
Syntax
37. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Inchoate
Aphorism
Egalitarian
Indolent
38. Lacking in courage and resolution
Disingenuous
Pusillanimous
Acumen
Arcane
39. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Ubiquitous
Abrogate
Superfluous
40. To make faulty or imperfect
Cadre
Ubiquitous
Eclectic
Vitiate
41. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Egalitarian
Salient
Disingenuous
Syllogism
42. Brief - concise
Aphorism
Acrimony
Chortle
Succinct
43. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Pusillanimous
Diction
Inane
Nefarious
44. A natural inclination; predisposition
Didactic
Ubiquitous
Tautological
Proclivity
45. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Vociferous
Halcyon
Loquacious
46. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Logomachy
Erudite
Abrogate
Bi-polar
47. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Reticent
Dilatory
Binary
Apocryphal
48. Having only one side
Abrogate
Ameliorate
Avarice
Unilateral
49. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Plenary
Bi-polar
Sine qua non
50. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Tautological
Levity
Indolent
Bifurcate