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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Scintilla
Acrimony
Ethereal
Pernicious
2. Extravagant exaggeration
Hyperbole
Tautological
Cadre
Puerile
3. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Forbearance
Unilateral
Chortle
Proclivity
4. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Chicanery
Salient
Ellipsis
Supercilious
5. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Ethereal
Plenary
Specious
Sojourn
6. Having only one side
Ameliorate
Ephemeral
Unilateral
Myopic
7. Course - base - instinctive
Binary
Codicil
Visceral
Inane
8. Disparaging - belittling
Unilateral
Pejorative
Halcyon
Vociferous
9. Lacking in courage and resolution
i.e.
Fait accompli
Sardonic
Pusillanimous
10. 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
Finite
Pejorative
Dilatory
Metaphor
11. Necessary; indispensable
Plenary
Requisite
Acrimony
Consanguineous
12. A warning or caution
Obviate
Sardonic
Exiguous
Caveat
13. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Requisite
Symbiotic
Inchoate
Fortuitous
14. Very talkative
Halcyon
Limited liability companies
Bifurcate
Loquacious
15. Environment; setting
Milieu
Vilify
Loquacious
Diction
16. Brief - concise
i.e.
Patrician
Avarice
Succinct
17. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Ephemeral
Chicanery
Equivocate
Vociferous
18. To prevent by interception
Indolent
Requisite
Patrician
Obviate
19. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Apocryphal
Tautological
Equivocate
20. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Eclectic
Acrimony
Didactic
Ubiquitous
21. The thing speaks for itself
Acumen
Egalitarian
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Obviate
22. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Halcyon
NB
Pedantic
Exiguous
23. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Chicanery
Pejorative
Euphemism
24. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Syllogism
Inchoate
Tautological
Avarice
25. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Plenary
Ellipsis
Equivocate
Apocryphal
26. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Halcyon
Allegory
Milieu
27. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Superfluous
Acerbic
Vociferous
Syntax
28. Favoring social equality
Caveat
Hyperbole
Egalitarian
Reticent
29. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Simile
Unilateral
Ken
Iconoclast
30. Commonplace; trivial
Visceral
Banal
Superfluous
Facetious
31. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Pernicious
Proclivity
Abrogate
Allegory
32. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Symbiotic
Indolent
Obviate
Fait accompli
33. Whimsical; changeable
E.g.
Inchoate
Capricious
Bi-polar
34. To divide into two parts or branches
Inchoate
Bifurcate
Arcane
Symbiotic
35. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Equivocate
Acumen
Euphemism
36. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Puerile
Levity
Acrimony
Consanguineous
37. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Vitiate
Concatenation
Forbearance
Euphemism
38. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Superfluous
Chortle
Lexicon
Avarice
39. A natural inclination; predisposition
i.e.
Codicil
Proclivity
Dilatory
40. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Inane
Didactic
Chicanery
41. The use of trickery to deceive
Pejorative
Lexicon
Chicanery
Plenary
42. A chain; a succession
Patrician
Ubiquitous
Reticent
Concatenation
43. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Unilateral
Vociferous
Adumbrate
44. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Myopic
Codicil
Pejorative
Iconoclast
45. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Fait accompli
Diction
Ken
46. Understood by only a few
Bi-polar
Allegory
Symbiotic
Arcane
47. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Syllogism
Acrimony
Patrician
Puerile
48. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Binary
Visceral
Exiguous
Didactic
49. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Banal
Metaphor
Res Ipsa Loquitur
50. To depart from or evade the truth
Metaphor
Prevaricate
Disingenuous
Chortle