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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. To depart from or evade the truth
Prevaricate
Tautological
Vociferous
Requisite
2. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Pecuniary
Capricious
Sojourn
Cadre
3. Id est (that is)
Loquacious
Erudite
Demagogue
i.e.
4. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Consanguineous
Reticent
Iconoclast
5. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Sardonic
Visceral
Acerbic
Dilatory
6. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Reticent
Obviate
Tautological
Vitiate
7. A warning or caution
Sojourn
Caveat
Obviate
Prevaricate
8. Very talkative
Bi-polar
Loquacious
Vociferous
Renege
9. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
Plenary
Superfluous
Metaphor
10. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Diction
Symbiotic
Avarice
Patrician
11. Having only one side
Codicil
Collegial
Halcyon
Unilateral
12. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Caveat
Ethereal
Salient
Vilify
13. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Inchoate
Fortuitous
Puerile
NB
14. Extravagant exaggeration
Avarice
Iconoclast
Hyperbole
Succinct
15. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Bi-polar
Ken
Didactic
Exiguous
16. Full; entire; complete
Inane
Plenary
Dilatory
Codicil
17. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Tautological
Ellipsis
Finite
Fait accompli
18. Understood by only a few
Chortle
Codicil
Arcane
Chicanery
19. Displaing a lack of maturity
Succinct
Puerile
Diction
Pernicious
20. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Logomachy
Eclectic
Loquacious
Pedantic
21. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Syllogism
Symbiotic
Egalitarian
Logomachy
22. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Ubiquitous
Ellipsis
Demagogue
Cadre
23. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Acrimony
Acerbic
Simile
24. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Codicil
Inchoate
Symbiotic
Logomachy
25. A chain; a succession
Acrimony
Concatenation
Tautological
Vilify
26. Inclined to keep quiet
Reticent
i.e.
Codicil
Concatenation
27. Whimsical; changeable
Equivocate
Supercilious
Capricious
Iconoclast
28. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Syllogism
Hyperbole
Unilateral
Specious
29. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Fait accompli
Euphemism
Forbearance
Sojourn
30. Lofty with pride
Supercilious
Demagogue
Collegial
Fortuitous
31. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Apocryphal
Metaphor
Simile
32. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Adumbrate
Superfluous
E.g.
Finite
33. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Carpe diem
Requisite
Tautological
34. Commonplace; trivial
Aphorism
Chicanery
Forbearance
Banal
35. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
E.g.
Ephemeral
Avarice
Ethereal
36. Environment; setting
Bi-polar
Aphorism
Milieu
Fait accompli
37. An amendment to an existing will
Hyperbole
Scintilla
Codicil
Banal
38. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
Lexicon
Arcane
Proclivity
39. Short lived
Diction
Vitiate
Reticent
Ephemeral
40. Happening by chance
Syllogism
NB
Logomachy
Fortuitous
41. Exempli gratia (for example)
Fait accompli
Codicil
Acrimony
E.g.
42. Lacking in courage and resolution
Pejorative
Logomachy
Tautological
Pusillanimous
43. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Adumbrate
Acumen
Pernicious
Bi-polar
44. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Myopic
Requisite
Nefarious
Halcyon
45. An indispensable thing
Visceral
Fortuitous
Forbearance
Sine qua non
46. Brief - concise
Succinct
Metaphor
Logomachy
Abrogate
47. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Erudite
Didactic
Ellipsis
Sojourn
48. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Iconoclast
Consanguineous
Inane
Concatenation
49. Extremely scanty (bare)
Vociferous
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Exiguous
Puerile
50. Relating to money
Didactic
Salient
Supercilious
Pecuniary