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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
Concatenation
Requisite
i.e.
Metaphor
2. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Vociferous
NB
Indolent
3. Honesty - uprightness
Ephemeral
Probity
Sojourn
Prevaricate
4. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Supercilious
Bi-polar
Ethereal
Ken
5. To make or grow better
Superfluous
Ameliorate
Acerbic
Inane
6. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Vitiate
Inchoate
Aphorism
7. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Syllogism
Facetious
Ethereal
8. Full; entire; complete
Unilateral
Plenary
Syntax
Inane
9. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Chortle
Bifurcate
Scintilla
Consanguineous
10. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Pernicious
Allegory
Forbearance
Nefarious
11. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Visceral
Prevaricate
Arcane
Eclectic
12. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Abrogate
Forbearance
Sojourn
Eclectic
13. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Carpe diem
Succinct
Forbearance
Facetious
14. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Renege
Avarice
Ethereal
Sine qua non
15. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Pusillanimous
Ubiquitous
Renege
Chortle
16. Necessary; indispensable
Carpe diem
Abrogate
Levity
Requisite
17. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Logomachy
Superfluous
Equivocate
Chicanery
18. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Salient
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Binary
Scintilla
19. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Diction
Carpe diem
Symbiotic
Lexicon
20. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Sine qua non
Euphemism
Forbearance
Halcyon
21. Disparaging - belittling
Apocryphal
Pedantic
Pejorative
Salient
22. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Vilify
Didactic
Cadre
23. Having bounds
Demagogue
Finite
Myopic
Patrician
24. Inclined to keep quiet
Requisite
Tautological
Obviate
Reticent
25. Lofty with pride
Bi-polar
Diction
Supercilious
Acumen
26. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Disingenuous
Diction
Ethereal
Limited liability companies
27. A natural inclination; predisposition
Ephemeral
Myopic
Proclivity
Binary
28. Making a loud outcry
Vitiate
Vociferous
Prevaricate
Demagogue
29. Being everywhere
Chortle
Ubiquitous
Bifurcate
Reticent
30. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Demagogue
Puerile
Visceral
Fait accompli
31. Exempli gratia (for example)
Fortuitous
Probity
E.g.
Verve
32. Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
Pusillanimous
Avarice
Hyperbole
33. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Myopic
Obviate
Pedantic
Lexicon
34. Seize the moment
Levity
Carpe diem
Apocryphal
Concatenation
35. Happening by chance
Specious
Pedantic
Limited liability companies
Fortuitous
36. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Milieu
Allegory
Banal
37. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Pedantic
Didactic
Sine qua non
Inchoate
38. Lacking in courage and resolution
Cadre
Chicanery
Halcyon
Pusillanimous
39. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Consanguineous
Facetious
Inane
Hyperbole
40. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Syllogism
Facetious
Fortuitous
Vilify
41. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Loquacious
Adumbrate
Abrogate
Ken
42. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Dilatory
Equivocate
Adumbrate
Euphemism
43. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Salient
Consanguineous
Demagogue
Apocryphal
44. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Fait accompli
Demagogue
Unilateral
45. To make faulty or imperfect
Inane
Vitiate
NB
Iconoclast
46. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Erudite
Simile
Acrimony
NB
47. An indispensable thing
Probity
Sine qua non
Fortuitous
Exiguous
48. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Concatenation
Patrician
Ellipsis
Codicil
49. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Renege
Simile
Tautological
Cadre
50. Short lived
E.g.
Bifurcate
Prevaricate
Ephemeral