100 Words Every College Students Should Know – Flashcards
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Abrogate
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to cancel, destroy, revoke, or void
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Acerbic
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sharp, biting, or acid in temper, expression, or tone
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Acrimony
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bitter, harsh, or biting sharpness
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Acumen
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quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)
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Adumbrate
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to sketch, outline in a shadowy way
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Ameliorate
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to make or grow better
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Aphorism
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a tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
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Apocryphal
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of doubtful authority or authenticity
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Allegory
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the representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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Arcane
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understood by only a few
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Avarice
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an excessive desire of gain; greediness
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Banal
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commonplace; trivial
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Bifurcate
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to divide into two parts or branches
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Binary
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characterized by or consisting of two parts or components
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Bi-polar
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having two opposite or contradictory ideas
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Cadre
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a core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
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Capricious
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whimsical; changeable
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Carpe diem
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seize the moment
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Caveat
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a warning or caution
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Chicanery
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the use of trickery to deceive
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Chortle
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to utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle
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Codicil
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an amendment to an existing will
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Collegial
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characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
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Concatenation
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a chain; a succession
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Consanguineous
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related by blood, descended from the same ancestor
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Demagogue
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a leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion, prejudice, etc., in order to achieve power
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Diction
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the choice and use of words in speech or writing
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Didactic
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conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
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Dilatory
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inclined to put off what ought to be done at once
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Disingenuous
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not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
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Eclectic
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made up of or combining elements from varying sources
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E.g.
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exempli gratia (for example)
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Egalitarian
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favoring social equality
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Ellipsis
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Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or *** for example)
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Ephemeral
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short lived
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Equivocate
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to be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
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Erudite
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characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
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Ethereal
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characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible
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Euphemism
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a mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct
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Exiguous
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extremely scanty (bare)
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Facetious
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"tongue-in-cheek-advice" characterized by wit and pleasantry
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Fait accompli
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an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact
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Finite
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having bounds
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Forbearance
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patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
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Fortuitous
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happening by chance
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Halcyon
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peaceful, undisturbed, and happy
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Hyperbole
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extravagant exaggeration
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Iconoclast
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one who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions
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i.e.
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id est (that is)
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Inane
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without contents, empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless
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Inchoate
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partially but not fully in existence or operation
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Indolent
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avoiding labor and exertion; lazy
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Ken
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perception; understanding; knowledge
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Levity
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frivolity (not serious or sensible)
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Lexicon
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a stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject or style; a vocabulary
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Limited liability companies
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(LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership
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Logomachy
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argument over the definition of words
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Loquacious
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very talkative
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Metaphor
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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
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Milieu
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environment; setting
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Myopic
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lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
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NB
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nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important
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Nefarious
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wicked in the extreme
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Obviate
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to prevent by interception
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Patrician
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a person of refined upbringing, manners and taste
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Pecuniary
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relating to money
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Pedantic
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characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
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Pejorative
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disparaging, belittling
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Pernicious
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deadly
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Plenary
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full; entire; complete
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Prevaricate
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to depart from or evade the truth
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Probity
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honesty, uprightness
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Proclivity
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a natural inclination; predisposition
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Puerile
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displaying a lack of maturity
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Pusillanimous
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lacking in courage and resolution
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Renege
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to go back on a promise or commitment
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Requisite
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necessary; indispensable
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Res Ipsa Loquitur
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the thing speaks for itself
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Reticent
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inclined to keep quiet
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Salient
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noticeable; also, projecting; also, leaping
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Sardonic
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bitterly sarcastic
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Scintilla
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a minute amount; an iota or trace
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Simile
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a word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by "like" or "as"
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Sine qua non
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an indispensable thing
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Sojourn
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a temporary stay; a brief period of residence
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Specious
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apparently right; superficiallly fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
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Succinct
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brief, concise
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Supercilious
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lofty with pride
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Superfluous
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more than is wanted or is sufficient
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Syllogism
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logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
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Symbiotic
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a relationship of mutual benefit or depencence
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Syntax
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the study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences
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Tautological
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needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy
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Ubiquitous
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being everywhere
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Unilateral
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having only one side
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Verve
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energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
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Vilify
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to make vicious and defamatory statements about
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Visceral
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course, base, instinctive
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Vitiate
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to make faulty or imperfect
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Vociferous
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making a loud outcry
