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100 Words For Every College Student
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Short lived
Requisite
Ephemeral
Proclivity
Chortle
2. Disparaging - belittling
Abrogate
Pejorative
Proclivity
Pernicious
3. A warning or caution
Iconoclast
Caveat
Aphorism
Erudite
4. Lacking in courage and resolution
Ellipsis
i.e.
Logomachy
Pusillanimous
5. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Sojourn
Egalitarian
Chicanery
Euphemism
6. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Equivocate
Pernicious
Indolent
7. To make or grow better
Sojourn
Ephemeral
Ameliorate
Limited liability companies
8. Exempli gratia (for example)
Inchoate
Cadre
Vociferous
E.g.
9. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Eclectic
Supercilious
Puerile
Symbiotic
10. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Pedantic
Ethereal
11. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Sine qua non
Ellipsis
Symbiotic
12. Brief - concise
Reticent
Facetious
Succinct
Visceral
13. Favoring social equality
Capricious
E.g.
Egalitarian
Pedantic
14. Displaing a lack of maturity
Bifurcate
Myopic
Puerile
Exiguous
15. Id est (that is)
Chortle
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Fortuitous
i.e.
16. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Renege
Cadre
Syntax
i.e.
17. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Acerbic
Binary
Indolent
Chicanery
18. Very talkative
Vociferous
Myopic
Loquacious
Consanguineous
19. Having only one side
Proclivity
Erudite
Nefarious
Unilateral
20. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Banal
Ken
Pejorative
Halcyon
21. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Bi-polar
Facetious
Syntax
Aphorism
22. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Requisite
Demagogue
Binary
Dilatory
23. Environment; setting
Banal
Dilatory
Ellipsis
Milieu
24. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Acumen
Iconoclast
Ethereal
NB
25. Commonplace; trivial
Ubiquitous
Banal
Logomachy
Sardonic
26. Course - base - instinctive
Fortuitous
Unilateral
Prevaricate
Visceral
27. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Specious
Succinct
Finite
28. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Diction
Ameliorate
Logomachy
Levity
29. Understood by only a few
Arcane
Consanguineous
Finite
Vilify
30. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Reticent
Acerbic
Dilatory
Levity
31. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Vociferous
Acrimony
Visceral
Pecuniary
32. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Acumen
Allegory
Requisite
Facetious
33. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Puerile
Superfluous
Didactic
Pusillanimous
34. Argument over the definition of words
Logomachy
Vitiate
Ameliorate
Aphorism
35. Relating to money
Didactic
Pernicious
Collegial
Pecuniary
36. The thing speaks for itself
Puerile
Sojourn
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Abrogate
37. Wicked in the extreme
Aphorism
Nefarious
Vociferous
Ephemeral
38. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Prevaricate
NB
Indolent
39. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Demagogue
Ken
Facetious
Scintilla
40. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Syllogism
Patrician
Avarice
Caveat
41. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Allegory
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Levity
Pedantic
42. A chain; a succession
Binary
Renege
Concatenation
Codicil
43. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Forbearance
Requisite
Pusillanimous
44. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Bifurcate
Ephemeral
Vociferous
45. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Concatenation
Succinct
Didactic
Carpe diem
46. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Inane
Exiguous
Eclectic
Binary
47. To make faulty or imperfect
Vitiate
Banal
Pecuniary
Egalitarian
48. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Prevaricate
Iconoclast
Egalitarian
49. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Ellipsis
Chortle
Vilify
Logomachy
50. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Aphorism
Consanguineous
Eclectic
Plenary