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1. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Milieu
Banal
Ubiquitous
Abrogate
2. To make or grow better
Lexicon
Banal
Milieu
Ameliorate
3. 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
Pecuniary
Metaphor
Scintilla
Syllogism
4. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Loquacious
Indolent
Didactic
Eclectic
5. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Capricious
Exiguous
Fait accompli
Ephemeral
6. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Supercilious
Fortuitous
Inchoate
Reticent
7. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Probity
Adumbrate
i.e.
Res Ipsa Loquitur
8. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Ethereal
Limited liability companies
Acerbic
Loquacious
9. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Unilateral
Scintilla
Euphemism
Iconoclast
10. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Indolent
Puerile
Demagogue
Sojourn
11. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Chicanery
Capricious
Halcyon
Eclectic
12. Environment; setting
Eclectic
Milieu
Limited liability companies
Syllogism
13. Commonplace; trivial
Vilify
Arcane
Banal
Hyperbole
14. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Pedantic
Exiguous
Egalitarian
Ameliorate
15. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Carpe diem
Acrimony
Facetious
Syllogism
16. To make faulty or imperfect
Pusillanimous
Ken
Vitiate
Aphorism
17. Bitterly sarcastic
Lexicon
Sardonic
Allegory
Supercilious
18. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ellipsis
Finite
Limited liability companies
Binary
19. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Ken
Bifurcate
Diction
Fait accompli
20. An indispensable thing
Syntax
Abrogate
Sine qua non
Demagogue
21. The thing speaks for itself
Ellipsis
Limited liability companies
Myopic
Res Ipsa Loquitur
22. Inclined to keep quiet
Pecuniary
Reticent
Banal
Codicil
23. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Eclectic
Inane
Banal
Apocryphal
24. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Reticent
Verve
Superfluous
Fortuitous
25. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Cadre
Visceral
Facetious
26. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Disingenuous
Lexicon
Bifurcate
Fait accompli
27. To depart from or evade the truth
Prevaricate
E.g.
Ameliorate
Milieu
28. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Egalitarian
Bi-polar
Unilateral
Reticent
29. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Scintilla
Limited liability companies
Allegory
Tautological
30. Very talkative
Pernicious
Binary
Loquacious
Collegial
31. Having bounds
Pernicious
Finite
Prevaricate
Eclectic
32. Honesty - uprightness
Lexicon
Probity
Plenary
Ameliorate
33. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Halcyon
Dilatory
Abrogate
Erudite
34. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Sardonic
Metaphor
Superfluous
Bi-polar
35. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Bi-polar
Indolent
Ephemeral
Fortuitous
36. Course - base - instinctive
Salient
Pecuniary
Proclivity
Visceral
37. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Exiguous
Cadre
Simile
Codicil
38. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Obviate
Patrician
Chortle
Ken
39. Short lived
Demagogue
Ephemeral
Syntax
Prevaricate
40. Exempli gratia (for example)
Pecuniary
Hyperbole
E.g.
Halcyon
41. Full; entire; complete
Reticent
Limited liability companies
Diction
Plenary
42. Displaing a lack of maturity
Metaphor
Puerile
Equivocate
Scintilla
43. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Loquacious
Acumen
Limited liability companies
Ellipsis
44. An amendment to an existing will
Inane
Proclivity
Diction
Codicil
45. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Iconoclast
Collegial
Consanguineous
Hyperbole
46. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Ephemeral
Avarice
Bifurcate
Reticent
47. To divide into two parts or branches
Supercilious
Forbearance
Bifurcate
Vociferous
48. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
NB
Pedantic
Binary
49. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Superfluous
Consanguineous
Patrician
Res Ipsa Loquitur
50. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Lexicon
Forbearance
Halcyon
Demagogue
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