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100 Words For Every College Student
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1. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
Forbearance
Abrogate
Aphorism
Unilateral
2. Perception; understanding; knowledge
Ken
Aphorism
Euphemism
Sojourn
3. The thing speaks for itself
Binary
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Vociferous
Pernicious
4. To make faulty or imperfect
Supercilious
Vitiate
Tautological
Pejorative
5. To divide into two parts or branches
Bifurcate
Patrician
Loquacious
Reticent
6. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources
Indolent
Demagogue
Metaphor
Eclectic
7. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
Hyperbole
Simile
Euphemism
Sine qua non
8. Being everywhere
Scintilla
Forbearance
Lexicon
Ubiquitous
9. Inclined to keep quiet
Puerile
Reticent
Dilatory
Hyperbole
10. Relating to money
Myopic
Pecuniary
Erudite
Superfluous
11. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
Salient
Binary
Ethereal
Fortuitous
12. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
Syllogism
Metaphor
Fait accompli
Acerbic
13. Course - base - instinctive
Aphorism
Visceral
Equivocate
Supercilious
14. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
Pusillanimous
Arcane
Patrician
Syntax
15. Partially but not fully in existence or operation
Inchoate
Abrogate
Apocryphal
Forbearance
16. Whimsical; changeable
Ameliorate
Arcane
Capricious
Bifurcate
17. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
Disingenuous
Chortle
Salient
Acumen
18. To make vicious and defamatory statements about
Renege
Ubiquitous
Vilify
Demagogue
19. Environment; setting
Fortuitous
Ubiquitous
Milieu
Loquacious
20. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)
Consanguineous
Egalitarian
Levity
Patrician
21. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy
Acerbic
Diction
Halcyon
Pecuniary
22. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Lexicon
Symbiotic
Syntax
Erudite
23. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
Lexicon
Ethereal
Ubiquitous
Demagogue
24. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Pecuniary
Vitiate
Plenary
Forbearance
25. Disparaging - belittling
Finite
Halcyon
Arcane
Pejorative
26. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
Dilatory
Myopic
Acerbic
Aphorism
27. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Acumen
Ameliorate
Sine qua non
Equivocate
28. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Cadre
Disingenuous
Levity
Verve
29. To make or grow better
Verve
Ameliorate
Specious
Pecuniary
30. Of doubtful authority or authenticity
Carpe diem
Apocryphal
Reticent
Plenary
31. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
Specious
Succinct
Demagogue
Acumen
32. Lofty with pride
Supercilious
Prevaricate
Reticent
Binary
33. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
Indolent
Limited liability companies
E.g.
Salient
34. Id est (that is)
Apocryphal
Forbearance
i.e.
Chicanery
35. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form
Patrician
Prevaricate
Allegory
i.e.
36. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
Collegial
Specious
Bi-polar
Cadre
37. Necessary; indispensable
NB
Avarice
Acerbic
Requisite
38. Lacking in courage and resolution
Ubiquitous
Inchoate
Myopic
Pusillanimous
39. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas
Exiguous
Ameliorate
Carpe diem
Bi-polar
40. Happening by chance
Patrician
Erudite
Finite
Fortuitous
41. Commonplace; trivial
Syntax
Limited liability companies
Eclectic
Banal
42. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)
Exiguous
Scintilla
Milieu
Ellipsis
43. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
Acerbic
Renege
NB
Res Ipsa Loquitur
44. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
Reticent
Limited liability companies
Euphemism
Syntax
45. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping
Acrimony
Salient
Sojourn
Puerile
46. Seize the moment
Sine qua non
Succinct
Avarice
Carpe diem
47. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor
Inchoate
Vilify
Cadre
Consanguineous
48. Extremely scanty (bare)
Exiguous
Collegial
Acerbic
Adumbrate
49. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way
E.g.
Logomachy
Pedantic
Adumbrate
50. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
Iconoclast
Cadre
Erudite
Renege