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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Course - base - instinctive
Syllogism
Vociferous
Tautological
Visceral
2. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Succinct
Binary
Levity
3. Short lived
Fortuitous
NB
Ephemeral
Demagogue
4. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Symbiotic
i.e.
Sardonic
Lexicon
5. Inclined to keep quiet
E.g.
Reticent
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Collegial
6. A natural inclination; predisposition
Proclivity
Concatenation
Sine qua non
Succinct
7. To prevent by interception
Capricious
Chicanery
Nefarious
Obviate
8. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Ephemeral
Chicanery
Vilify
9. Id est (that is)
Proclivity
i.e.
Avarice
Succinct
10. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Salient
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Ethereal
Vilify
11. Commonplace; trivial
Scintilla
Chortle
Prevaricate
Banal
12. Very talkative
Loquacious
Visceral
Superfluous
Carpe diem
13. An amendment to an existing will
Proclivity
Loquacious
Codicil
Banal
14. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Finite
Equivocate
Prevaricate
15. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Aphorism
Apocryphal
Consanguineous
Arcane
16. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Requisite
Metaphor
Vilify
Allegory
17. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Logomachy
Cadre
Eclectic
18. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Symbiotic
Collegial
Renege
19. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ubiquitous
Ken
Prevaricate
Sojourn
20. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Proclivity
Levity
Finite
Verve
21. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Sardonic
Limited liability companies
Ubiquitous
Acrimony
22. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Arcane
Unilateral
Limited liability companies
Simile
23. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Cadre
Ethereal
Simile
Adumbrate
24. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Capricious
Nefarious
Dilatory
Pernicious
25. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Syllogism
Supercilious
Inchoate
Pedantic
26. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Sardonic
NB
Avarice
Scintilla
27. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Ubiquitous
Capricious
Didactic
Simile
28. Wicked in the extreme
Binary
Apocryphal
Nefarious
Inchoate
29. The use of trickery to deceive
Indolent
Unilateral
Finite
Chicanery
30. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Fait accompli
Renege
Logomachy
Adumbrate
31. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Eclectic
Binary
Obviate
Acumen
32. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Chortle
Acerbic
Pedantic
Patrician
33. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Prevaricate
Loquacious
Scintilla
34. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Collegial
i.e.
Superfluous
Erudite
35. Being everywhere
Finite
Vitiate
Ubiquitous
Requisite
36. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Capricious
Levity
Acerbic
Syllogism
37. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Consanguineous
Syllogism
Proclivity
Euphemism
38. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Syntax
Pedantic
Euphemism
Capricious
39. Understood by only a few
Bifurcate
Equivocate
Plenary
Arcane
40. Extremely scanty (bare)
Avarice
Erudite
Exiguous
Concatenation
41. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Simile
Succinct
Cadre
42. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Tautological
Proclivity
NB
Consanguineous
43. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Visceral
Acrimony
Ubiquitous
Chortle
44. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Acumen
Nefarious
Sardonic
45. Disparaging - belittling
Finite
Vitiate
Apocryphal
Pejorative
46. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Allegory
Nefarious
Caveat
Scintilla
47. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Tautological
Binary
Disingenuous
Eclectic
48. To go back on a promise or commitment
Binary
Adumbrate
Exiguous
Renege
49. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Cadre
E.g.
Ethereal
Erudite
50. Deadly
Collegial
Apocryphal
E.g.
Pernicious