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1. Deadly
Reticent
Pernicious
Equivocate
Arcane
2. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Capricious
Unilateral
Specious
Ellipsis
3. Having only one side
Demagogue
Dilatory
Capricious
Unilateral
4. A warning or caution
E.g.
Caveat
Eclectic
Avarice
5. Favoring social equality
Sine qua non
Sardonic
Carpe diem
Egalitarian
6. Making a loud outcry
Vociferous
Vilify
Chortle
Renege
7. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Binary
Fortuitous
Pedantic
Scintilla
8. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
Apocryphal
Myopic
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Bi-polar
9. An amendment to an existing will
Lexicon
Inchoate
Puerile
Codicil
10. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste
Consanguineous
Patrician
Codicil
Pedantic
11. Lofty with pride
Loquacious
Supercilious
Ameliorate
Aphorism
12. Exempli gratia (for example)
Puerile
Ameliorate
Disingenuous
E.g.
13. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power
Demagogue
Facetious
Myopic
Dilatory
14. Lacking in courage and resolution
Prevaricate
Pusillanimous
Hyperbole
Diction
15. Environment; setting
Milieu
Patrician
Egalitarian
Codicil
16. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary
Apocryphal
Superfluous
Lexicon
Ethereal
17. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Euphemism
Pedantic
Exiguous
Tautological
18. Relating to money
Symbiotic
Chortle
Apocryphal
Pecuniary
19. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Visceral
Avarice
Fait accompli
Res Ipsa Loquitur
20. Having bounds
Vociferous
Fait accompli
Finite
Acumen
21. 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
Inane
Acumen
Metaphor
Avarice
22. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
Limited liability companies
Consanguineous
Symbiotic
Iconoclast
23. Extremely scanty (bare)
Halcyon
Exiguous
Patrician
Ellipsis
24. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
Plenary
Symbiotic
Iconoclast
Eclectic
25. Brief - concise
Patrician
Renege
Succinct
Logomachy
26. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Avarice
Inane
Collegial
Bifurcate
27. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Ken
Bifurcate
Dilatory
Fait accompli
28. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
Arcane
Didactic
Adumbrate
Allegory
29. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void
Abrogate
Facetious
Superfluous
Ephemeral
30. Extravagant exaggeration
Acumen
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Hyperbole
Sine qua non
31. Bitterly sarcastic
Reticent
Succinct
Myopic
Sardonic
32. Seize the moment
Ellipsis
Cadre
Arcane
Carpe diem
33. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Vilify
Sine qua non
Proclivity
34. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
Proclivity
Vitiate
Chortle
35. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone
Plenary
Acerbic
Fortuitous
Avarice
36. Commonplace; trivial
Arcane
Banal
Specious
Superfluous
37. Full; entire; complete
Metaphor
Plenary
Bi-polar
Scintilla
38. The use of trickery to deceive
Pejorative
Sojourn
Chicanery
Patrician
39. Id est (that is)
Sine qua non
i.e.
Concatenation
Acrimony
40. The choice and use of words in speech or writing
E.g.
Diction
Consanguineous
Vociferous
41. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Metaphor
Patrician
Vociferous
Bi-polar
42. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Halcyon
E.g.
Myopic
Collegial
43. To make faulty or imperfect
Prevaricate
Unilateral
Vitiate
Metaphor
44. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle
Chortle
Bi-polar
Ameliorate
Levity
45. To go back on a promise or commitment
Bi-polar
Bifurcate
Renege
Binary
46. Displaing a lack of maturity
Unilateral
Pecuniary
Puerile
Pejorative
47. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Erudite
Apocryphal
Diction
Levity
48. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
Forbearance
Tautological
Capricious
Sojourn
49. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
Adumbrate
Facetious
Symbiotic
Res Ipsa Loquitur
50. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Pedantic
Forbearance
Collegial
Limited liability companies
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