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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. To go back on a promise or commitment
Renege
Exiguous
Pusillanimous
Milieu
2. Lofty with pride
Finite
Simile
Supercilious
Caveat
3. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
Prevaricate
Metaphor
Logomachy
Pejorative
4. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Forbearance
Diction
Apocryphal
5. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Acrimony
Arcane
Facetious
Codicil
6. Favoring social equality
Egalitarian
Ephemeral
Logomachy
Banal
7. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Indolent
Probity
Lexicon
Hyperbole
8. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Symbiotic
Renege
Inchoate
Bi-polar
9. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Acrimony
Adumbrate
Disingenuous
Verve
10. A warning or caution
Vociferous
Caveat
Eclectic
Syllogism
11. Exempli gratia (for example)
E.g.
Loquacious
Disingenuous
Prevaricate
12. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Milieu
Diction
Myopic
Halcyon
13. Seize the moment
Carpe diem
Acumen
Bifurcate
Dilatory
14. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Myopic
Ephemeral
Succinct
Iconoclast
15. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Vilify
i.e.
Codicil
Limited liability companies
16. To prevent by interception
Disingenuous
E.g.
Obviate
Requisite
17. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Loquacious
Bi-polar
Succinct
Superfluous
18. Happening by chance
Milieu
Sardonic
Fortuitous
Prevaricate
19. Having only one side
Avarice
Unilateral
Facetious
Myopic
20. Being everywhere
Arcane
Ubiquitous
Demagogue
Erudite
21. The use of trickery to deceive
Prevaricate
Acumen
Chicanery
Obviate
22. To make faulty or imperfect
Aphorism
Carpe diem
Eclectic
Vitiate
23. Commonplace; trivial
Inane
Banal
Fortuitous
Codicil
24. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
i.e.
Binary
Concatenation
Indolent
25. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Vociferous
Metaphor
Consanguineous
Diction
26. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Syntax
Logomachy
E.g.
Loquacious
27. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Consanguineous
Superfluous
Limited liability companies
Collegial
28. Lacking in courage and resolution
Milieu
Finite
Fait accompli
Pusillanimous
29. An amendment to an existing will
Codicil
Halcyon
Specious
Binary
30. A natural inclination; predisposition
Binary
Acumen
Loquacious
Proclivity
31. Understood by only a few
Ameliorate
Acerbic
Vilify
Arcane
32. Honesty - uprightness
Probity
Vilify
Didactic
Metaphor
33. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Metaphor
Salient
Demagogue
Banal
34. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Avarice
Sardonic
Chortle
Verve
35. Brief - concise
Pusillanimous
Forbearance
Caveat
Succinct
36. Short lived
Ephemeral
Indolent
NB
Vilify
37. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Arcane
Unilateral
Disingenuous
Pedantic
38. Necessary; indispensable
Requisite
Syllogism
Consanguineous
Capricious
39. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Forbearance
Allegory
Chicanery
40. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Didactic
Levity
Tautological
Ellipsis
41. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
E.g.
Dilatory
Indolent
Avarice
42. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
i.e.
Metaphor
Symbiotic
43. A chain; a succession
Superfluous
Facetious
Simile
Concatenation
44. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Binary
Forbearance
Facetious
Verve
45. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Unilateral
Fait accompli
Chortle
46. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
E.g.
Caveat
Sojourn
47. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Acerbic
Sine qua non
Dilatory
Vociferous
48. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Acumen
Limited liability companies
Didactic
49. Deadly
Caveat
Acerbic
Pernicious
Supercilious
50. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Fait accompli
Vitiate
Requisite