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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Sine qua non
Nefarious
Banal
Scintilla
2. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Tautological
Pernicious
Verve
Dilatory
3. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
NB
Fait accompli
Patrician
Indolent
4. Commonplace; trivial
Ken
Capricious
Supercilious
Banal
5. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Milieu
Syntax
Concatenation
Ephemeral
6. Deadly
Pernicious
Fait accompli
Sine qua non
Obviate
7. Extravagant exaggeration
Acumen
Reticent
Eclectic
Hyperbole
8. Disparaging - belittling
Capricious
Pejorative
Proclivity
Superfluous
9. Brief - concise
Sine qua non
Succinct
Patrician
Apocryphal
10. Full; entire; complete
Milieu
Simile
Puerile
Plenary
11. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Prevaricate
Binary
Sojourn
Acerbic
12. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Prevaricate
Symbiotic
Myopic
Codicil
13. A natural inclination; predisposition
Proclivity
Visceral
Chicanery
Arcane
14. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Avarice
Lexicon
Hyperbole
Acrimony
15. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
Fait accompli
Chortle
Prevaricate
16. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Ubiquitous
Ethereal
Fait accompli
Apocryphal
17. To prevent by interception
Obviate
Egalitarian
Banal
Pusillanimous
18. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Ephemeral
Euphemism
Visceral
Egalitarian
19. Understood by only a few
Symbiotic
Caveat
Banal
Arcane
20. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Inchoate
Codicil
Halcyon
Erudite
21. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Collegial
Salient
Facetious
Arcane
22. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acumen
Pusillanimous
Ameliorate
Acrimony
23. Happening by chance
Symbiotic
Fortuitous
Loquacious
Limited liability companies
24. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Salient
Sine qua non
Pedantic
Forbearance
25. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
Pedantic
Caveat
Metaphor
26. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Consanguineous
Fait accompli
Acumen
27. To depart from or evade the truth
Ken
Prevaricate
Didactic
E.g.
28. Wicked in the extreme
Pedantic
Allegory
Iconoclast
Nefarious
29. A chain; a succession
Loquacious
Levity
Concatenation
Forbearance
30. Having bounds
Vitiate
Capricious
Finite
Fait accompli
31. Environment; setting
Aphorism
Reticent
Milieu
i.e.
32. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Caveat
Demagogue
Forbearance
Scintilla
33. Displaing a lack of maturity
Ethereal
Fortuitous
Puerile
Binary
34. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Apocryphal
Limited liability companies
Euphemism
i.e.
35. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Chortle
Adumbrate
Cadre
Milieu
36. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Milieu
Ephemeral
Pedantic
37. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Collegial
Metaphor
Specious
Eclectic
38. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Adumbrate
Forbearance
Syllogism
Halcyon
39. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Facetious
Logomachy
Pedantic
Codicil
40. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Didactic
Prevaricate
Sardonic
Pecuniary
41. Extremely scanty (bare)
Nefarious
Codicil
Allegory
Exiguous
42. A warning or caution
Bi-polar
Acrimony
Caveat
Facetious
43. Necessary; indispensable
Salient
Lexicon
Ken
Requisite
44. Lofty with pride
Adumbrate
Disingenuous
Supercilious
Banal
45. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Dilatory
Visceral
Specious
Iconoclast
46. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Logomachy
Verve
Binary
Euphemism
47. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Acrimony
Dilatory
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Equivocate
48. Having only one side
Nefarious
Pecuniary
Unilateral
NB
49. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Bi-polar
Egalitarian
Pedantic
Banal
50. An amendment to an existing will
Vociferous
Requisite
Codicil
Hyperbole