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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
NB
Eclectic
Didactic
Prevaricate
2. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Allegory
Arcane
Forbearance
Equivocate
3. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Apocryphal
Symbiotic
Patrician
Iconoclast
4. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Iconoclast
Fortuitous
Scintilla
5. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Ubiquitous
Allegory
Demagogue
Lexicon
6. Short lived
Vociferous
Chicanery
Ephemeral
Forbearance
7. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Verve
Aphorism
Banal
Demagogue
8. The thing speaks for itself
Ubiquitous
Ameliorate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Avarice
9. Necessary; indispensable
Capricious
Requisite
Disingenuous
Finite
10. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Acerbic
Milieu
Succinct
Acumen
11. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Demagogue
Patrician
Levity
Plenary
12. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Inane
Facetious
Disingenuous
Avarice
13. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Facetious
Logomachy
Vilify
Loquacious
14. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence
Sojourn
Verve
Adumbrate
Simile
15. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Inchoate
Proclivity
Binary
Hyperbole
16. To divide into two parts or branches
Dilatory
Tautological
Arcane
Bifurcate
17. Wicked in the extreme
Nefarious
Disingenuous
Sardonic
Ubiquitous
18. Inclined to keep quiet
Nefarious
Fait accompli
Pernicious
Reticent
19. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
Salient
Ethereal
Symbiotic
Inchoate
20. A chain; a succession
Egalitarian
Loquacious
Concatenation
Chicanery
21. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Bi-polar
Exiguous
Avarice
Inane
22. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry
Avarice
Collegial
Pecuniary
Facetious
23. Bitterly sarcastic
Binary
Avarice
Sardonic
Carpe diem
24. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Ethereal
Specious
Reticent
Equivocate
25. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Proclivity
Diction
E.g.
Levity
26. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Visceral
Disingenuous
Ubiquitous
Syllogism
27. A natural inclination; predisposition
Exiguous
Proclivity
Ubiquitous
Ameliorate
28. Extravagant exaggeration
Sine qua non
Caveat
Tautological
Hyperbole
29. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Fortuitous
Lexicon
Proclivity
Logomachy
30. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Acrimony
Requisite
Allegory
Bi-polar
31. Course - base - instinctive
Visceral
Syntax
Caveat
Sojourn
32. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
NB
Ameliorate
Inchoate
Forbearance
33. 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
Disingenuous
Metaphor
Dilatory
Levity
34. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Fait accompli
Levity
Superfluous
Iconoclast
35. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
Syllogism
Consanguineous
Plenary
Adumbrate
36. A warning or caution
i.e.
Caveat
Chortle
Iconoclast
37. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
NB
Acerbic
Vitiate
Scintilla
38. Argument over the definition of words
Chicanery
Scintilla
Logomachy
Banal
39. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Chortle
Scintilla
Forbearance
Allegory
40. Lacking in courage and resolution
Acerbic
Pusillanimous
Exiguous
Supercilious
41. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Symbiotic
Halcyon
Hyperbole
Chortle
42. Deadly
Forbearance
Reticent
Superfluous
Pernicious
43. Whimsical; changeable
Capricious
Salient
Fait accompli
Ellipsis
44. More than is wanted or is sufficient
Superfluous
Apocryphal
Ameliorate
Pejorative
45. Being everywhere
Ubiquitous
Pernicious
Diction
Chortle
46. Exempli gratia (for example)
Caveat
Arcane
Sardonic
E.g.
47. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Disingenuous
Capricious
Nefarious
Limited liability companies
48. To make or grow better
Syntax
Ameliorate
Probity
Loquacious
49. To go back on a promise or commitment
Reticent
Aphorism
Renege
Sardonic
50. Id est (that is)
i.e.
Metaphor
Abrogate
Hyperbole