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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Superfluous
NB
Disingenuous
Apocryphal
2. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Arcane
Unilateral
Avarice
Patrician
3. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Myopic
Superfluous
Vociferous
Diction
4. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Chortle
Scintilla
Loquacious
Cadre
5. Relating to money
Euphemism
Finite
Consanguineous
Pecuniary
6. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Carpe diem
Renege
Allegory
Halcyon
7. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
NB
Eclectic
Iconoclast
Pedantic
8. To make faulty or imperfect
Exiguous
Pejorative
Vitiate
Collegial
9. Very talkative
Probity
Binary
Loquacious
Allegory
10. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Vitiate
Halcyon
NB
Puerile
11. Necessary; indispensable
Requisite
Sojourn
Indolent
Symbiotic
12. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Ethereal
Equivocate
Aphorism
Plenary
13. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Dilatory
Syntax
Cadre
Adumbrate
14. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Chortle
Exiguous
Syntax
Myopic
15. A warning or caution
Pedantic
Caveat
Ethereal
Collegial
16. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Halcyon
Requisite
Acrimony
Adumbrate
17. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Chicanery
Exiguous
Euphemism
Res Ipsa Loquitur
18. Understood by only a few
Aphorism
Binary
Arcane
Syntax
19. Course - base - instinctive
Finite
Binary
Visceral
Syllogism
20. Happening by chance
Fortuitous
Diction
Demagogue
Renege
21. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Puerile
Requisite
Simile
Apocryphal
22. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Banal
Tautological
Collegial
Iconoclast
23. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Banal
Ken
Salient
Vilify
24. Disparaging - belittling
Sardonic
Fait accompli
Pejorative
Collegial
25. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Proclivity
Capricious
Euphemism
26. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Probity
Dilatory
Sojourn
27. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Inane
Codicil
Collegial
Simile
28. 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
Metaphor
Fortuitous
Requisite
Reticent
29. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Erudite
Puerile
Arcane
Obviate
30. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Unilateral
Chicanery
Forbearance
Exiguous
31. To prevent by interception
Vociferous
Syntax
Obviate
Ethereal
32. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Finite
Ameliorate
Dilatory
Logomachy
33. Environment; setting
Probity
Supercilious
Milieu
Lexicon
34. Argument over the definition of words
Simile
Disingenuous
Logomachy
Didactic
35. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Aphorism
Allegory
Tautological
Syntax
36. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Binary
Equivocate
Indolent
Salient
37. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Pejorative
Pecuniary
Limited liability companies
38. Inclined to keep quiet
Pusillanimous
Scintilla
Reticent
Vitiate
39. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Loquacious
Egalitarian
Exiguous
Symbiotic
40. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Fait accompli
Metaphor
Reticent
Visceral
41. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Consanguineous
Vociferous
Ethereal
Caveat
42. Exempli gratia (for example)
Iconoclast
Caveat
Fait accompli
E.g.
43. An indispensable thing
Sine qua non
Erudite
Obviate
Ameliorate
44. Id est (that is)
Pecuniary
Obviate
Requisite
i.e.
45. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Unilateral
Nefarious
Erudite
Specious
46. A minute amount; an iota or trace
Chortle
Lexicon
Scintilla
Proclivity
47. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Fortuitous
Ameliorate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Ellipsis
48. Commonplace; trivial
Loquacious
Banal
Levity
Inane
49. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Lexicon
Facetious
E.g.
Syntax
50. Having bounds
Finite
Collegial
Concatenation
Didactic