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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Disparaging - belittling
i.e.
Pejorative
Didactic
Finite
2. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Bifurcate
Binary
Dilatory
Sine qua non
3. A warning or caution
Ellipsis
Erudite
Caveat
Vitiate
4. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Myopic
Plenary
Probity
5. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Syntax
Syllogism
Aphorism
Ephemeral
6. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Pernicious
Levity
Limited liability companies
Logomachy
7. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Specious
Bifurcate
Finite
8. Extremely scanty (bare)
Didactic
Pejorative
Avarice
Exiguous
9. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Vilify
Ellipsis
Scintilla
Acrimony
10. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Superfluous
Syntax
Supercilious
Diction
11. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Vilify
Unilateral
Codicil
Abrogate
12. Very talkative
Tautological
Bi-polar
Loquacious
Hyperbole
13. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Prevaricate
Visceral
Inchoate
14. Having only one side
Probity
Unilateral
Pecuniary
Tautological
15. To go back on a promise or commitment
Carpe diem
Renege
Vitiate
Pecuniary
16. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Arcane
Logomachy
Iconoclast
Eclectic
17. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Pedantic
Avarice
Cadre
E.g.
18. An amendment to an existing will
Succinct
Acerbic
Codicil
Halcyon
19. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Salient
Pecuniary
Plenary
Forbearance
20. To make or grow better
Concatenation
Ephemeral
Ellipsis
Ameliorate
21. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Egalitarian
Acerbic
Dilatory
Adumbrate
22. Whimsical; changeable
Ameliorate
Capricious
Acumen
NB
23. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Salient
Iconoclast
Loquacious
Indolent
24. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
Cadre
Ameliorate
Succinct
25. Id est (that is)
Metaphor
Succinct
i.e.
Vitiate
26. An indispensable thing
Collegial
Arcane
Sine qua non
Visceral
27. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Demagogue
Consanguineous
Verve
Facetious
28. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Sojourn
Vilify
Apocryphal
29. Making a loud outcry
Nefarious
Binary
Vociferous
Pedantic
30. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Fait accompli
Tautological
Bifurcate
31. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Prevaricate
Fait accompli
Patrician
Forbearance
32. A natural inclination; predisposition
Banal
Salient
Verve
Proclivity
33. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Puerile
Superfluous
Erudite
34. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Chicanery
Unilateral
Egalitarian
35. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Bi-polar
Pusillanimous
Pedantic
Ubiquitous
36. Short lived
NB
Simile
Limited liability companies
Ephemeral
37. Necessary; indispensable
Chicanery
Finite
Avarice
Requisite
38. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Acrimony
Ubiquitous
Obviate
39. Happening by chance
Requisite
Patrician
Sojourn
Fortuitous
40. Brief - concise
Succinct
Indolent
Carpe diem
Egalitarian
41. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
i.e.
Capricious
Cadre
Egalitarian
42. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Bi-polar
Myopic
Consanguineous
Apocryphal
43. Full; entire; complete
Plenary
Simile
Specious
E.g.
44. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Inchoate
Ellipsis
Scintilla
Facetious
45. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Diction
Aphorism
Iconoclast
Logomachy
46. Course - base - instinctive
Acumen
Fait accompli
Caveat
Visceral
47. Wicked in the extreme
Codicil
Metaphor
Nefarious
Sojourn
48. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
Chortle
Ken
Hyperbole
49. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Inane
Apocryphal
Visceral
Limited liability companies
50. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Ken
Lexicon
Demagogue