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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Environment; setting
Banal
Sine qua non
Milieu
Adumbrate
2. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Tautological
Syllogism
Symbiotic
Unilateral
3. Disparaging - belittling
Ken
Tautological
Pejorative
Logomachy
4. Course - base - instinctive
Visceral
Patrician
Adumbrate
Aphorism
5. Short lived
Pecuniary
Ephemeral
Diction
Plenary
6. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Visceral
Pedantic
Finite
Eclectic
7. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Inane
Caveat
Chicanery
Didactic
8. Understood by only a few
Scintilla
Acrimony
Arcane
Fortuitous
9. Id est (that is)
Disingenuous
Indolent
i.e.
Syllogism
10. Very talkative
Fortuitous
Pernicious
Capricious
Loquacious
11. Necessary; indispensable
Fortuitous
Requisite
Superfluous
Pecuniary
12. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Proclivity
Specious
Euphemism
Syllogism
13. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Ubiquitous
Sojourn
Forbearance
Salient
14. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Requisite
Vilify
Obviate
Syllogism
15. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Pedantic
Superfluous
E.g.
16. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Caveat
Limited liability companies
Consanguineous
Indolent
17. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Superfluous
Probity
Pedantic
Abrogate
18. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Diction
Ethereal
Allegory
Vitiate
19. Full; entire; complete
Probity
Specious
Pusillanimous
Plenary
20. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Symbiotic
Adumbrate
Renege
Carpe diem
21. Argument over the definition of words
Nefarious
Ethereal
Acerbic
Logomachy
22. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Ephemeral
Caveat
Chicanery
23. Having bounds
Specious
Halcyon
Finite
Dilatory
24. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Levity
Vociferous
Prevaricate
25. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Patrician
Probity
Chicanery
Carpe diem
26. Making a loud outcry
Sojourn
Vociferous
Cadre
Inchoate
27. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Myopic
Egalitarian
Specious
28. Inclined to keep quiet
Forbearance
Reticent
Syntax
Symbiotic
29. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Equivocate
Chicanery
Halcyon
Salient
30. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Avarice
Puerile
Binary
Didactic
31. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Dilatory
Sardonic
Syntax
Metaphor
32. Lofty with pride
Reticent
Demagogue
Diction
Supercilious
33. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Ephemeral
Metaphor
Demagogue
34. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Verve
Simile
Facetious
Fait accompli
35. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Indolent
Codicil
Diction
Vitiate
36. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ethereal
Adumbrate
Ellipsis
Syntax
37. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Codicil
Aphorism
Requisite
Sine qua non
38. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Equivocate
Pedantic
Obviate
Reticent
39. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Lexicon
Pecuniary
Finite
40. To prevent by interception
Iconoclast
Chicanery
Euphemism
Obviate
41. Honesty - uprightness
Renege
Probity
Plenary
Levity
42. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Unilateral
Facetious
Renege
Specious
43. Bitterly sarcastic
Metaphor
Capricious
Fortuitous
Sardonic
44. An indispensable thing
Vilify
Obviate
Sine qua non
Hyperbole
45. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Sine qua non
Vociferous
Milieu
46. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Nefarious
Puerile
Salient
Fait accompli
47. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Simile
Vitiate
Forbearance
Carpe diem
48. Displaing a lack of maturity
Concatenation
NB
Puerile
Ellipsis
49. Lacking in courage and resolution
Facetious
Pusillanimous
Ephemeral
Sojourn
50. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Pusillanimous
Eclectic
Indolent