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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Bifurcate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Arcane
2. Lacking in courage and resolution
Simile
Iconoclast
Pusillanimous
Ameliorate
3. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Myopic
Hyperbole
Reticent
Ellipsis
4. To make or grow better
Requisite
Ameliorate
Banal
Chicanery
5. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Sine qua non
Verve
Fait accompli
Ken
6. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Tautological
Iconoclast
Ken
Demagogue
7. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Abrogate
Pedantic
Logomachy
Superfluous
8. To make faulty or imperfect
Ephemeral
Vitiate
Succinct
Res Ipsa Loquitur
9. Commonplace; trivial
Pecuniary
Acerbic
Ephemeral
Banal
10. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Acerbic
Inchoate
Fortuitous
Simile
11. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Erudite
Forbearance
i.e.
12. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Acumen
i.e.
Chicanery
Indolent
13. Short lived
Inchoate
Vilify
Ephemeral
Bi-polar
14. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Bi-polar
Inane
Patrician
Halcyon
15. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Demagogue
Ameliorate
Verve
Chortle
16. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Unilateral
Limited liability companies
Fait accompli
Renege
17. Exempli gratia (for example)
Succinct
E.g.
Caveat
Visceral
18. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Succinct
Avarice
Salient
Plenary
19. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Concatenation
Adumbrate
Ephemeral
Dilatory
20. Seize the moment
Vociferous
Ubiquitous
Milieu
Carpe diem
21. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Scintilla
Puerile
Nefarious
Metaphor
22. Whimsical; changeable
Scintilla
Pejorative
Capricious
Symbiotic
23. Perception; understanding; knowledge
E.g.
Salient
Ken
Inchoate
24. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Tautological
Carpe diem
Specious
Demagogue
25. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Puerile
Vitiate
Caveat
Ethereal
26. Necessary; indispensable
Metaphor
Requisite
Simile
Verve
27. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Demagogue
Pecuniary
Vitiate
Obviate
28. 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
Bifurcate
Prevaricate
Abrogate
Metaphor
29. To go back on a promise or commitment
Facetious
Adumbrate
Renege
Metaphor
30. To prevent by interception
Arcane
Binary
Obviate
Vilify
31. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Reticent
Euphemism
Didactic
NB
32. Deadly
Consanguineous
Limited liability companies
Pernicious
Chortle
33. A warning or caution
Hyperbole
Inchoate
Caveat
Limited liability companies
34. Brief - concise
Binary
Succinct
Egalitarian
Chortle
35. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Consanguineous
Pejorative
Bi-polar
36. Having bounds
Inane
Finite
Syntax
Puerile
37. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Forbearance
E.g.
Fait accompli
Salient
38. Environment; setting
Ken
Milieu
Requisite
Finite
39. Full; entire; complete
Patrician
Plenary
Loquacious
Superfluous
40. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Bi-polar
Prevaricate
Inane
41. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Finite
Iconoclast
E.g.
42. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Caveat
Succinct
Acumen
Forbearance
43. The thing speaks for itself
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Acerbic
Probity
Carpe diem
44. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Tautological
Pecuniary
Diction
45. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Bifurcate
Erudite
Eclectic
Symbiotic
46. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Prevaricate
Apocryphal
Salient
Binary
47. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Requisite
Facetious
E.g.
Bi-polar
48. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Indolent
Caveat
Abrogate
49. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Allegory
Puerile
Sardonic
50. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Inchoate
Proclivity
Ubiquitous