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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Aphorism
Probity
Halcyon
Consanguineous
2. Honesty - uprightness
Banal
Plenary
Probity
Bi-polar
3. Deadly
E.g.
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Patrician
Pernicious
4. Brief - concise
Chortle
Succinct
Forbearance
Collegial
5. Having bounds
Finite
Requisite
Acerbic
Syntax
6. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Nefarious
Visceral
Symbiotic
Bifurcate
7. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Halcyon
Pusillanimous
Consanguineous
Prevaricate
8. To make or grow better
Sine qua non
Plenary
Ameliorate
Aphorism
9. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Demagogue
Simile
Prevaricate
Limited liability companies
10. To make faulty or imperfect
Apocryphal
Vitiate
Adumbrate
Patrician
11. Exempli gratia (for example)
Superfluous
Specious
E.g.
Fortuitous
12. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Syllogism
Myopic
Ken
E.g.
13. Necessary; indispensable
Halcyon
Proclivity
Finite
Requisite
14. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Cadre
Supercilious
Ethereal
Apocryphal
15. Inclined to keep quiet
Tautological
Concatenation
Scintilla
Reticent
16. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Sardonic
Forbearance
Metaphor
Milieu
17. An amendment to an existing will
Verve
Codicil
Loquacious
Capricious
18. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Halcyon
Euphemism
Levity
Chortle
19. An indispensable thing
Superfluous
Chicanery
Sine qua non
Halcyon
20. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Arcane
Specious
Binary
Apocryphal
21. To go back on a promise or commitment
Inchoate
Ephemeral
Renege
Exiguous
22. Argument over the definition of words
Facetious
Capricious
Euphemism
Logomachy
23. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Finite
Caveat
Bi-polar
Inane
24. Short lived
Egalitarian
Ephemeral
Milieu
Eclectic
25. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Visceral
Probity
Binary
Abrogate
26. Extremely scanty (bare)
Vitiate
Caveat
Exiguous
Loquacious
27. Full; entire; complete
NB
Simile
i.e.
Plenary
28. Seize the moment
Acrimony
Carpe diem
Banal
Ubiquitous
29. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Salient
Nefarious
Succinct
Dilatory
30. Disparaging - belittling
Concatenation
Pusillanimous
Pejorative
Egalitarian
31. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Avarice
Dilatory
Proclivity
Fortuitous
32. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Ethereal
Diction
Pusillanimous
33. Bitterly sarcastic
Ken
Sardonic
Acrimony
Nefarious
34. Favoring social equality
Puerile
Abrogate
Requisite
Egalitarian
35. Lacking in courage and resolution
Pusillanimous
Finite
Renege
Adumbrate
36. Being everywhere
Nefarious
Tautological
Arcane
Ubiquitous
37. To depart from or evade the truth
Prevaricate
Dilatory
Unilateral
Sardonic
38. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Milieu
Verve
Inchoate
Capricious
39. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Sojourn
Eclectic
Allegory
Ameliorate
40. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Syntax
Indolent
Exiguous
Dilatory
41. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Sojourn
Indolent
Fait accompli
Facetious
42. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Eclectic
Puerile
Vilify
Binary
43. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Acerbic
Fait accompli
Banal
Aphorism
44. Wicked in the extreme
Myopic
Nefarious
Abrogate
Collegial
45. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Erudite
Metaphor
Superfluous
Requisite
46. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Supercilious
Ameliorate
Vilify
47. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Pernicious
Sardonic
Indolent
Vociferous
48. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Unilateral
Requisite
Ellipsis
Dilatory
49. Happening by chance
Simile
Fortuitous
Obviate
Supercilious
50. Lofty with pride
Adumbrate
Concatenation
Iconoclast
Supercilious