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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Pedantic
Abrogate
Syntax
Acumen
2. Full; entire; complete
Plenary
Ken
Nefarious
Apocryphal
3. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ethereal
Limited liability companies
Ellipsis
Inchoate
4. Short lived
Sardonic
Acerbic
Ephemeral
Capricious
5. Having only one side
Levity
Unilateral
Vitiate
Arcane
6. Favoring social equality
Abrogate
Capricious
Pecuniary
Egalitarian
7. Happening by chance
Levity
Acerbic
Equivocate
Fortuitous
8. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
i.e.
Vilify
Visceral
9. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Halcyon
Probity
Vilify
Inane
10. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Vilify
Allegory
Renege
11. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
NB
Simile
Bifurcate
Nefarious
12. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Exiguous
Chicanery
Vilify
Euphemism
13. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Fortuitous
Inane
Patrician
14. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Concatenation
Syntax
Ken
15. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Reticent
Didactic
Supercilious
Eclectic
16. Inclined to keep quiet
Nefarious
Symbiotic
Acumen
Reticent
17. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Sine qua non
Ameliorate
Egalitarian
18. Wicked in the extreme
Limited liability companies
Scintilla
Pedantic
Nefarious
19. To depart from or evade the truth
Plenary
Prevaricate
Unilateral
Nefarious
20. Relating to money
Disingenuous
Didactic
Milieu
Pecuniary
21. Extravagant exaggeration
Renege
Puerile
Demagogue
Hyperbole
22. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Erudite
Acrimony
Ethereal
23. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
Pedantic
Inchoate
Ethereal
24. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Succinct
Concatenation
Vitiate
Abrogate
25. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Egalitarian
Scintilla
Pecuniary
Inane
26. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Banal
Carpe diem
Superfluous
Limited liability companies
27. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Facetious
Logomachy
Erudite
Ephemeral
28. Brief - concise
Succinct
Bi-polar
Sine qua non
Obviate
29. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Erudite
Forbearance
Sojourn
Carpe diem
30. A chain; a succession
Facetious
Concatenation
Consanguineous
Caveat
31. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Finite
Patrician
Inane
32. Making a loud outcry
Avarice
Vociferous
Halcyon
Bifurcate
33. To divide into two parts or branches
Inane
Bifurcate
Lexicon
Erudite
34. Deadly
Bi-polar
Pernicious
Cadre
Ken
35. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Reticent
Visceral
Acrimony
Superfluous
36. Environment; setting
Lexicon
Pejorative
Milieu
Plenary
37. A warning or caution
Caveat
Vociferous
Allegory
Egalitarian
38. Course - base - instinctive
Ameliorate
Visceral
Myopic
Verve
39. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Vociferous
Lexicon
Erudite
Res Ipsa Loquitur
40. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Disingenuous
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Apocryphal
Chicanery
41. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Forbearance
Logomachy
Erudite
Carpe diem
42. Seize the moment
Scintilla
Carpe diem
Verve
Pecuniary
43. Lofty with pride
Supercilious
Arcane
Abrogate
Lexicon
44. 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
Vitiate
Chicanery
Renege
Metaphor
45. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Consanguineous
Syntax
Inane
46. Commonplace; trivial
Didactic
Patrician
Verve
Banal
47. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Milieu
Caveat
Pernicious
48. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Abrogate
Consanguineous
Probity
49. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Inane
Syntax
Fait accompli
Allegory
50. A natural inclination; predisposition
Proclivity
Acumen
Sine qua non
NB