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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Seize the moment
Finite
Carpe diem
Loquacious
Superfluous
2. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Euphemism
Allegory
Arcane
Erudite
3. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Milieu
Equivocate
Proclivity
4. To make faulty or imperfect
Vitiate
Avarice
i.e.
Ken
5. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Succinct
Chicanery
Nefarious
Apocryphal
6. Understood by only a few
Proclivity
Arcane
Euphemism
Ephemeral
7. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Bi-polar
Probity
Acrimony
Eclectic
8. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Sojourn
Acumen
Sardonic
Acerbic
9. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Forbearance
Loquacious
Banal
Aphorism
10. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Avarice
Ameliorate
Caveat
Pejorative
11. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Ethereal
Euphemism
Equivocate
Pejorative
12. Extremely scanty (bare)
Iconoclast
Exiguous
i.e.
Erudite
13. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
Disingenuous
Chicanery
Acumen
14. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Bi-polar
Acumen
Proclivity
Diction
15. 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
Iconoclast
Fortuitous
Metaphor
Scintilla
16. A chain; a succession
Fortuitous
Concatenation
Unilateral
E.g.
17. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Specious
Ethereal
Vitiate
Consanguineous
18. Being everywhere
Superfluous
Plenary
Ubiquitous
Binary
19. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Collegial
Forbearance
Chortle
Vitiate
20. Environment; setting
Equivocate
Milieu
Vitiate
Euphemism
21. Deadly
Cadre
Halcyon
Concatenation
Pernicious
22. To depart from or evade the truth
Prevaricate
Codicil
Chicanery
Exiguous
23. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Equivocate
Didactic
24. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Pedantic
Tautological
Facetious
Adumbrate
25. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Capricious
Scintilla
Facetious
Dilatory
26. Relating to money
Collegial
Pecuniary
Limited liability companies
Egalitarian
27. Commonplace; trivial
Loquacious
Banal
Unilateral
Acumen
28. Course - base - instinctive
Vociferous
Pernicious
Chicanery
Visceral
29. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Tautological
Syllogism
Fortuitous
Avarice
30. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Ethereal
Symbiotic
Diction
Unilateral
31. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Demagogue
Scintilla
Capricious
Carpe diem
32. Lofty with pride
Supercilious
Prevaricate
Forbearance
Binary
33. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Scintilla
Binary
Avarice
Acrimony
34. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Iconoclast
Consanguineous
Obviate
35. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Plenary
Patrician
Aphorism
36. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Patrician
Loquacious
Iconoclast
Capricious
37. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Sojourn
Ellipsis
Codicil
Equivocate
38. Extravagant exaggeration
i.e.
Hyperbole
Abrogate
Specious
39. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Reticent
Supercilious
Chicanery
40. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Equivocate
Myopic
Ellipsis
41. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Logomachy
Egalitarian
Vilify
Codicil
42. Having only one side
Banal
Nefarious
Abrogate
Unilateral
43. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Salient
i.e.
Hyperbole
44. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Ken
Verve
Consanguineous
Limited liability companies
45. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Probity
Specious
E.g.
Pedantic
46. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
NB
Bi-polar
Puerile
47. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Inchoate
Myopic
Pejorative
Unilateral
48. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Allegory
Ethereal
Sardonic
Simile
49. To go back on a promise or commitment
Erudite
Egalitarian
Supercilious
Renege
50. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Eclectic
Loquacious
Equivocate