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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Extremely scanty (bare)
Ubiquitous
Aphorism
Fait accompli
Exiguous
2. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Nefarious
Euphemism
Pusillanimous
Probity
3. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Logomachy
Ethereal
Halcyon
Metaphor
4. Relating to money
Syntax
Pecuniary
Inane
Vitiate
5. To go back on a promise or commitment
Sine qua non
Renege
Diction
Ubiquitous
6. The thing speaks for itself
Chicanery
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Sardonic
Metaphor
7. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Finite
Pedantic
Abrogate
Concatenation
8. Bitterly sarcastic
Tautological
Sardonic
Abrogate
Apocryphal
9. Making a loud outcry
Banal
Vociferous
Inane
Cadre
10. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Salient
Chortle
Patrician
Pecuniary
11. An indispensable thing
Exiguous
Caveat
Sine qua non
Salient
12. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Bifurcate
Equivocate
Acumen
13. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Collegial
NB
Disingenuous
Pernicious
14. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Reticent
Eclectic
Fortuitous
Forbearance
15. Honesty - uprightness
Apocryphal
Probity
Bi-polar
Superfluous
16. Commonplace; trivial
Banal
Loquacious
Hyperbole
Probity
17. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Logomachy
Pecuniary
Halcyon
Syllogism
18. Disparaging - belittling
Limited liability companies
Egalitarian
Pejorative
Chicanery
19. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Avarice
Consanguineous
Abrogate
Limited liability companies
20. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Pernicious
Proclivity
Sine qua non
21. Full; entire; complete
Plenary
E.g.
Disingenuous
Egalitarian
22. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
NB
Indolent
Binary
Sojourn
23. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acumen
Adumbrate
Pedantic
Euphemism
24. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Logomachy
Erudite
Verve
Lexicon
25. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Pedantic
Specious
Myopic
Sojourn
26. Lofty with pride
Pejorative
Proclivity
Requisite
Supercilious
27. Lacking in courage and resolution
Ubiquitous
Pusillanimous
Diction
Facetious
28. Understood by only a few
Renege
Chicanery
Arcane
Capricious
29. A chain; a succession
Concatenation
Plenary
Levity
Consanguineous
30. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Unilateral
Demagogue
Ellipsis
Specious
31. An amendment to an existing will
Prevaricate
Eclectic
Codicil
Arcane
32. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Erudite
Ken
Symbiotic
Vitiate
33. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Facetious
Vitiate
Equivocate
Proclivity
34. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Disingenuous
Superfluous
Arcane
35. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
Proclivity
Symbiotic
Exiguous
36. Course - base - instinctive
Equivocate
Codicil
Visceral
Nefarious
37. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Vilify
Ken
Ephemeral
Myopic
38. To make or grow better
Egalitarian
Sojourn
Iconoclast
Ameliorate
39. Very talkative
Pedantic
Loquacious
Simile
i.e.
40. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Caveat
Vitiate
Limited liability companies
Adumbrate
41. Being everywhere
Vitiate
Concatenation
Collegial
Ubiquitous
42. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Specious
Halcyon
Pusillanimous
Simile
43. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Iconoclast
Euphemism
Metaphor
Didactic
44. Whimsical; changeable
Vilify
Lexicon
Capricious
Binary
45. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Hyperbole
Erudite
Codicil
Unilateral
46. To make faulty or imperfect
Reticent
Lexicon
Bi-polar
Vitiate
47. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Dilatory
Superfluous
Sardonic
Fait accompli
48. Extravagant exaggeration
Hyperbole
Puerile
Pedantic
Ethereal
49. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Patrician
Succinct
Allegory
Symbiotic
50. A natural inclination; predisposition
Aphorism
Loquacious
Visceral
Proclivity