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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Relating to money
Ellipsis
Chicanery
Pecuniary
Facetious
2. Full; entire; complete
Myopic
Sardonic
Ameliorate
Plenary
3. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Fortuitous
Caveat
Reticent
Abrogate
4. Whimsical; changeable
Facetious
Capricious
Eclectic
Ubiquitous
5. Deadly
Banal
Verve
Pernicious
Acrimony
6. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Ken
Iconoclast
Verve
E.g.
7. To make or grow better
Ameliorate
Halcyon
Inchoate
Sine qua non
8. Extravagant exaggeration
Sardonic
Myopic
Facetious
Hyperbole
9. Short lived
Supercilious
Sine qua non
Ephemeral
Iconoclast
10. Happening by chance
Chortle
Myopic
Avarice
Fortuitous
11. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Specious
Myopic
Didactic
12. A chain; a succession
Erudite
Requisite
Ellipsis
Concatenation
13. A warning or caution
Erudite
Reticent
Vitiate
Caveat
14. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Pernicious
Salient
Metaphor
Scintilla
15. Displaing a lack of maturity
Probity
Pecuniary
Puerile
Diction
16. Brief - concise
Egalitarian
Hyperbole
Succinct
Probity
17. Lacking in courage and resolution
Banal
Chortle
Reticent
Pusillanimous
18. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Limited liability companies
Plenary
Bi-polar
Dilatory
19. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Prevaricate
Acerbic
Abrogate
Inchoate
20. Environment; setting
Adumbrate
Bifurcate
Sardonic
Milieu
21. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Concatenation
Apocryphal
Obviate
Exiguous
22. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Concatenation
Halcyon
Pusillanimous
Fortuitous
23. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Sine qua non
Acrimony
Finite
24. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Obviate
Nefarious
Probity
25. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Pernicious
Avarice
Chortle
Tautological
26. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Erudite
Binary
Acerbic
Probity
27. Having bounds
Finite
Symbiotic
i.e.
Tautological
28. The thing speaks for itself
Allegory
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Finite
Requisite
29. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
E.g.
Vitiate
Finite
Eclectic
30. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Unilateral
Exiguous
Symbiotic
Disingenuous
31. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Acrimony
Forbearance
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Salient
32. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Sojourn
Sardonic
Bifurcate
Symbiotic
33. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Unilateral
Renege
Finite
34. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Fortuitous
Sardonic
Consanguineous
Exiguous
35. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Diction
Puerile
Collegial
Simile
36. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Sojourn
Metaphor
Syntax
37. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Finite
Euphemism
Symbiotic
Bi-polar
38. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Exiguous
Scintilla
Sojourn
Diction
39. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Diction
Disingenuous
Pernicious
Milieu
40. To go back on a promise or commitment
Logomachy
Renege
Binary
Allegory
41. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Concatenation
Metaphor
Specious
Binary
42. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Sine qua non
Acrimony
Collegial
Nefarious
43. Honesty - uprightness
Hyperbole
Sine qua non
Chortle
Probity
44. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Pedantic
Syllogism
Sardonic
Syntax
45. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Pecuniary
Superfluous
Indolent
Codicil
46. An indispensable thing
Puerile
Prevaricate
Sine qua non
Exiguous
47. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Cadre
Halcyon
Binary
Forbearance
48. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Demagogue
Aphorism
Capricious
Inane
49. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Erudite
Ameliorate
Milieu
50. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Unilateral
Levity
Inane
Specious