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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Prevaricate
Exiguous
Inchoate
Loquacious
2. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Milieu
Bifurcate
Fait accompli
3. A warning or caution
Scintilla
Aphorism
Caveat
Symbiotic
4. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Demagogue
Didactic
Sine qua non
Pusillanimous
5. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Pejorative
i.e.
Myopic
6. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Aphorism
Specious
Metaphor
Concatenation
7. Commonplace; trivial
i.e.
Acumen
Visceral
Banal
8. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Probity
Superfluous
Pecuniary
Reticent
9. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Erudite
Plenary
Probity
Exiguous
10. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Acumen
Finite
Limited liability companies
Ubiquitous
11. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Acerbic
Capricious
Ellipsis
Nefarious
12. Course - base - instinctive
E.g.
Fait accompli
Visceral
Levity
13. Deadly
Demagogue
Equivocate
Pernicious
Syntax
14. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Loquacious
Sardonic
Scintilla
Banal
15. To make or grow better
Puerile
Apocryphal
Pusillanimous
Ameliorate
16. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Exiguous
Apocryphal
Pedantic
Allegory
17. Inclined to keep quiet
Levity
Tautological
Reticent
Concatenation
18. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Inane
Ken
Banal
Limited liability companies
19. Full; entire; complete
Prevaricate
Demagogue
Plenary
Obviate
20. Understood by only a few
Ethereal
Scintilla
Probity
Arcane
21. Displaing a lack of maturity
Puerile
Plenary
Sine qua non
Exiguous
22. Favoring social equality
Sine qua non
Limited liability companies
Simile
Egalitarian
23. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Exiguous
Unilateral
Diction
Disingenuous
24. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Egalitarian
Tautological
Ellipsis
Ethereal
25. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Sojourn
Fait accompli
Acrimony
Apocryphal
26. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Renege
Chortle
Equivocate
Inane
27. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Acrimony
Supercilious
Euphemism
Sardonic
28. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Pedantic
Supercilious
Iconoclast
Proclivity
29. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Ethereal
Halcyon
Sine qua non
Logomachy
30. Whimsical; changeable
Disingenuous
Capricious
Erudite
Res Ipsa Loquitur
31. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Sine qua non
Collegial
Fait accompli
32. Environment; setting
Allegory
Milieu
Euphemism
Vilify
33. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Abrogate
Didactic
Equivocate
Eclectic
34. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Equivocate
Caveat
Halcyon
Diction
35. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Vitiate
Banal
Euphemism
Probity
36. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Limited liability companies
Dilatory
Eclectic
Puerile
37. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Acrimony
Vociferous
Vitiate
Specious
38. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Pedantic
Allegory
Fait accompli
Probity
39. Having only one side
E.g.
Egalitarian
Unilateral
Dilatory
40. Argument over the definition of words
Logomachy
Finite
Cadre
Plenary
41. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Visceral
Salient
Fait accompli
Sine qua non
42. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Caveat
Indolent
Simile
Obviate
43. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Euphemism
Pecuniary
Renege
Patrician
44. Lacking in courage and resolution
Plenary
Didactic
Pusillanimous
Exiguous
45. A chain; a succession
Halcyon
Fortuitous
Metaphor
Concatenation
46. Being everywhere
Vilify
Ubiquitous
Cadre
Superfluous
47. Honesty - uprightness
Collegial
Equivocate
Fortuitous
Probity
48. Disparaging - belittling
Pejorative
Iconoclast
Ephemeral
Probity
49. To make faulty or imperfect
Ephemeral
Vitiate
Facetious
Acrimony
50. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Lexicon
NB
Pecuniary
Banal