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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. To divide into two parts or branches
Concatenation
Renege
Bifurcate
Acerbic
2. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness
Myopic
Loquacious
Acrimony
Pernicious
3. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Pejorative
Egalitarian
Vilify
Inchoate
4. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Specious
Acrimony
Inchoate
Limited liability companies
5. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Chicanery
Didactic
Tautological
Sardonic
6. Full; entire; complete
Acumen
Cadre
Plenary
Supercilious
7. Deadly
Acerbic
Pernicious
Ken
Proclivity
8. To depart from or evade the truth
Reticent
Chicanery
Prevaricate
Res Ipsa Loquitur
9. Relating to money
Pecuniary
Scintilla
Renege
Bi-polar
10. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Symbiotic
Chortle
Equivocate
Specious
11. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Unilateral
Acerbic
Forbearance
Levity
12. Making a loud outcry
Carpe diem
Vociferous
Erudite
Caveat
13. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Carpe diem
Adumbrate
Arcane
Sojourn
14. Inclined to keep quiet
Specious
Demagogue
Reticent
Acrimony
15. Lofty with pride
Carpe diem
Unilateral
Plenary
Supercilious
16. Having only one side
Arcane
Unilateral
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Ellipsis
17. Honesty - uprightness
Acerbic
Proclivity
Facetious
Probity
18. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Patrician
Acrimony
Ellipsis
Allegory
19. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Hyperbole
Pecuniary
Vociferous
Demagogue
20. Wicked in the extreme
Fait accompli
Nefarious
Concatenation
Probity
21. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Diction
Scintilla
Collegial
Aphorism
22. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
Patrician
Syllogism
Inane
Succinct
23. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Pusillanimous
Syntax
Sojourn
Erudite
24. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Arcane
Symbiotic
Carpe diem
Apocryphal
25. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Facetious
Cadre
Loquacious
Bi-polar
26. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Ethereal
Erudite
Bifurcate
Finite
27. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Carpe diem
Pecuniary
Binary
Sojourn
28. Commonplace; trivial
Binary
Banal
Vitiate
Collegial
29. The use of trickery to deceive
Specious
E.g.
Verve
Chicanery
30. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Levity
Facetious
i.e.
Codicil
31. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Verve
Indolent
Levity
Puerile
32. To prevent by interception
Ken
Halcyon
Obviate
Apocryphal
33. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
Ameliorate
Equivocate
Diction
Syllogism
34. Exempli gratia (for example)
Prevaricate
Vilify
E.g.
Limited liability companies
35. Course - base - instinctive
Visceral
Eclectic
Pernicious
Chicanery
36. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Arcane
Ethereal
Reticent
37. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
Puerile
Banal
Pedantic
Disingenuous
38. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Puerile
Limited liability companies
Milieu
Dilatory
39. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Sine qua non
NB
Abrogate
Eclectic
40. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Caveat
Bifurcate
Limited liability companies
Prevaricate
41. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Loquacious
Carpe diem
Ellipsis
Fortuitous
42. A chain; a succession
Concatenation
Sine qua non
Acumen
Ken
43. To make faulty or imperfect
Equivocate
Ephemeral
Proclivity
Vitiate
44. Disparaging - belittling
Apocryphal
Pejorative
Tautological
Codicil
45. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Puerile
Requisite
Myopic
Banal
46. A natural inclination; predisposition
Ellipsis
Fait accompli
Cadre
Proclivity
47. An excessive desire of gain; greediness
Pernicious
Salient
Syllogism
Avarice
48. Being everywhere
Hyperbole
Ubiquitous
Aphorism
Halcyon
49. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Lexicon
Pusillanimous
Requisite
Ken
50. To go back on a promise or commitment
Capricious
Renege
Allegory
Fortuitous