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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. 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
Metaphor
Binary
Eclectic
Exiguous
2. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Sine qua non
Halcyon
Acumen
3. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Visceral
Eclectic
Patrician
4. Commonplace; trivial
Reticent
Euphemism
Banal
Sojourn
5. Happening by chance
Probity
Chortle
Acerbic
Fortuitous
6. Extremely scanty (bare)
Halcyon
Codicil
Cadre
Exiguous
7. Favoring social equality
Verve
Forbearance
Sardonic
Egalitarian
8. Honesty - uprightness
Inchoate
Tautological
Indolent
Probity
9. Disparaging - belittling
Ameliorate
Prevaricate
Vilify
Pejorative
10. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Unilateral
Tautological
Ubiquitous
Limited liability companies
11. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Avarice
Renege
Abrogate
Acrimony
12. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Puerile
Cadre
Fait accompli
Allegory
13. Inclined to keep quiet
Diction
Reticent
E.g.
Hyperbole
14. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Demagogue
Proclivity
Halcyon
Pusillanimous
15. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Forbearance
Egalitarian
Halcyon
Binary
16. Having only one side
Unilateral
Euphemism
Metaphor
Vociferous
17. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Renege
Bi-polar
Metaphor
Pusillanimous
18. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Vilify
NB
Pusillanimous
Vociferous
19. To divide into two parts or branches
Adumbrate
Erudite
Pecuniary
Bifurcate
20. Displaing a lack of maturity
Vociferous
i.e.
Pernicious
Puerile
21. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ellipsis
Bifurcate
Avarice
Limited liability companies
22. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Prevaricate
Patrician
Vociferous
23. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Patrician
Ethereal
Erudite
Disingenuous
24. Very talkative
Aphorism
Caveat
Chortle
Loquacious
25. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Inchoate
Visceral
Arcane
Binary
26. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Caveat
Erudite
Inane
27. An amendment to an existing will
Disingenuous
Pedantic
Codicil
Erudite
28. Being everywhere
Inane
Fortuitous
Succinct
Ubiquitous
29. Necessary; indispensable
Sine qua non
Requisite
Vociferous
Syllogism
30. A natural inclination; predisposition
Cadre
Pernicious
Diction
Proclivity
31. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Inchoate
Consanguineous
Superfluous
Exiguous
32. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Probity
Superfluous
Adumbrate
Salient
33. To make faulty or imperfect
Logomachy
Pusillanimous
Puerile
Vitiate
34. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Nefarious
Renege
Acumen
Syntax
35. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Scintilla
Myopic
Nefarious
Logomachy
36. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Erudite
Pedantic
NB
Tautological
37. Seize the moment
Capricious
Carpe diem
Consanguineous
Erudite
38. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Eclectic
Renege
Equivocate
Visceral
39. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Vitiate
Avarice
Consanguineous
NB
40. Deadly
Pernicious
Diction
Ubiquitous
Aphorism
41. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Pejorative
Inane
Abrogate
Syllogism
42. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Tautological
Bifurcate
Syllogism
i.e.
43. A chain; a succession
Concatenation
Pedantic
Pusillanimous
Plenary
44. To go back on a promise or commitment
Fait accompli
Adumbrate
Renege
Carpe diem
45. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Eclectic
Succinct
Abrogate
Lexicon
46. Having bounds
Demagogue
Arcane
Concatenation
Finite
47. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Capricious
Finite
Superfluous
Acumen
48. Environment; setting
Aphorism
Acrimony
Milieu
Dilatory
49. Brief - concise
Succinct
Iconoclast
Vilify
Acerbic
50. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Ubiquitous
Syntax
Binary
Erudite