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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. The use of trickery to deceive
Chicanery
Lexicon
Fortuitous
Nefarious
2. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Patrician
Allegory
Puerile
Apocryphal
3. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Pernicious
Pejorative
Eclectic
Specious
4. A warning or caution
Plenary
Caveat
i.e.
Fortuitous
5. Argument over the definition of words
Sojourn
Myopic
Logomachy
Disingenuous
6. To divide into two parts or branches
Symbiotic
Pedantic
Puerile
Bifurcate
7. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Sardonic
Inchoate
Carpe diem
Puerile
8. Wicked in the extreme
Eclectic
Fortuitous
Nefarious
Scintilla
9. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Avarice
Inane
Carpe diem
10. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Sardonic
Vitiate
Bi-polar
11. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
E.g.
Halcyon
Acrimony
i.e.
12. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Abrogate
Superfluous
Indolent
13. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Ethereal
Vilify
Finite
Simile
14. Bitterly sarcastic
Vociferous
Concatenation
Facetious
Sardonic
15. Lacking in courage and resolution
Plenary
Pusillanimous
Limited liability companies
Indolent
16. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Arcane
Cadre
Probity
Fait accompli
17. Extremely scanty (bare)
Renege
Caveat
Disingenuous
Exiguous
18. Course - base - instinctive
Verve
Visceral
Pecuniary
NB
19. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Adumbrate
Capricious
NB
20. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Specious
Chicanery
Forbearance
Patrician
21. Having only one side
Pedantic
Dilatory
Unilateral
Allegory
22. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Exiguous
Disingenuous
Milieu
Succinct
23. Being everywhere
Facetious
Ubiquitous
Levity
Fait accompli
24. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Caveat
E.g.
Bifurcate
Bi-polar
25. Short lived
NB
Reticent
Ephemeral
Pejorative
26. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Chortle
Diction
Pusillanimous
Equivocate
27. Happening by chance
Succinct
Fortuitous
Puerile
Inane
28. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Chortle
Syllogism
Fait accompli
Abrogate
29. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Aphorism
Superfluous
E.g.
Reticent
30. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Hyperbole
Loquacious
Indolent
Scintilla
31. Whimsical; changeable
Superfluous
i.e.
Capricious
Visceral
32. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Bifurcate
Didactic
Symbiotic
Exiguous
33. Full; entire; complete
Demagogue
Scintilla
Metaphor
Plenary
34. Disparaging - belittling
Pejorative
Pernicious
Inchoate
Lexicon
35. Necessary; indispensable
i.e.
Euphemism
Requisite
Reticent
36. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Didactic
Myopic
Ameliorate
Succinct
37. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Ephemeral
Indolent
Reticent
Syllogism
38. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Dilatory
Symbiotic
Pejorative
39. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Puerile
Allegory
Forbearance
Pernicious
40. To make faulty or imperfect
Inchoate
Vitiate
Disingenuous
Halcyon
41. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Chicanery
Adumbrate
Prevaricate
Renege
42. To make or grow better
Codicil
Obviate
Carpe diem
Ameliorate
43. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Codicil
Verve
Supercilious
Bi-polar
44. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
NB
Ethereal
Collegial
Ameliorate
45. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Proclivity
Syllogism
Exiguous
46. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Succinct
Vociferous
Cadre
47. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Salient
Myopic
Fortuitous
Ubiquitous
48. To prevent by interception
Lexicon
Obviate
Pernicious
Inane
49. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
Pernicious
Ephemeral
Euphemism
50. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Fortuitous
Fait accompli
Limited liability companies
Allegory