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100 Words Every College Student Should Know

January 27, 2025

100 Words Every College Student Should Know

No. Term Definition
1. Abate To reduce in intensity.
2. Abstract Existing as a concept rather than a concrete object.
3. Accessible Easily reached or understood.
4. Accommodate To provide space or meet needs.
5. Accumulate To gather or collect over time.
6. Affinity A natural liking or attraction.
7. Ambiguous Open to more than one interpretation.
8. Anomaly Something unusual or out of place.
9. Arbitrary Based on random choice or personal whim.
10. Archae Old-fashioned or outdated.
11. Articulation Clear and effective expression of ideas.
12. Assimilation Process of taking in and integrating.
13. Augment To increase or make larger.
14. Brevity Concise and exact use of words.
15. Camaraderie Mutual trust and friendship among a group.
16. Capricious Prone to sudden mood or behavior changes.
17. Catalyst Something that sparks or speeds up change.
18. Chronology Arrangement of events in time order.
19. Clarity To make something easier to understand.
20. Coherent Logically connected and consistent.
21. Cohesion Unity or sticking together.
22. Coincide To occur at the same time or agree.
23. Collaborate To work together toward a common goal.
24. Colloquial Informal or conversational in tone.
25. Commencement A beginning or start; graduation ceremony.
26. Compile To gather information from various sources.
27. Compliance Adherence to rules or standards.
28. Comprehensive Covering all or nearly all aspects.
29. Conceptualize To form a concept or idea.
30. Condescending Showing a patronizing or superior attitude.
31. Conform To comply with standards or norms.
32. Consensus General agreement among a group.
33. Contextualize To place in an appropriate setting or context.
34. Continuum A continuous sequence or range.
35. Contingency A possible but uncertain event.
36. Convergence Coming together from different directions.
37. Convoluted Extremely complex or difficult to follow.
38. Correlate To show a relationship or connection.
39. Critique To analyze and evaluate critically.
40. Decipher To interpret or make sense of something complex.
41. Deficit A shortage or lack of something.
42. Delineate To describe or outline precisely.
43. Derivative Unoriginal; derived from another source.
44. Discourse Written or spoken communication.
45. Discrepancy A difference or inconsistency.
46. Disparage To belittle or speak down about.
47. Disseminate To spread widely (e.g., information).
48. Distort To twist out of a natural or normal shape or meaning.
49. Elaborate To provide more detail or expand.
50. Elusive Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
51. Empathy The ability to understand and share another’s feelings.
52. Encompass To include or contain within.
53. Equivocal Open to multiple interpretations; ambiguous.
54. Ethos Characteristic spirit or ideals of a community or culture.
55. Evaluate To assess or judge the value or quality of something.
56. Expository Intended to explain or describe.
57. Feasible Possible and practical to do.
58. Fidelity Faithfulness or accuracy.
59. Flux Continuous change or movement.
60. Formative Influential in developing or shaping.
61. Frenetic Fast, energetic, and often uncontrolled.
62. Futile Having no useful result; pointless.
63. Holistic Considering the whole rather than individual parts.
64. Ideation The process of forming ideas or concepts.
65. Impetus A driving force or motivation.
66. Implicit Implied rather than explicitly stated.
67. Incentive Something that encourages action or effort.
68. Incremental Describing small, step-by-step increases.
69. Infer To derive a conclusion from evidence.
70. Inherent Existing in something as a permanent attribute.
71. Innovate To introduce new ideas or methods.
72. Integrity Adherence to moral and ethical principles.
73. Interdisciplinary Involving two or more academic fields.
74. Jargon Specialized or technical language.
75. Kinetic Relating to motion or movement.
76. Legitimate Lawful or valid; also genuine.
77. Lexicon A specialized vocabulary or dictionary.
78. Methodology A system of methods or principles.
79. Nuance A subtle distinction or variation.
80. Objective Unbiased; based on facts rather than feelings.
81. Obligation A duty or commitment.
82. Obscure Unclear, partially hidden, or little known.
83. Optimal Most favorable or desirable.
84. Parameter A measurable factor defining a system.
85. Paradigm A typical pattern or model.
86. Periphery The outer limits or edge of an area or object.
87. Plausible Appearing truthful or reasonable.
88. Pragmatic Practical, concerned with usefulness.
89. Precedent An earlier event that may serve as an example.
90. Preface An introductory statement.
91. Premise A previous statement from which a conclusion is drawn.
92. Provoke To stimulate or incite action or emotion.
93. Quantitative Relating to or measured by quantity.
94. Qualitative Relating to or measured by quality.
95. Rationale Reasoning or justification for something.
96. Rectify To correct or make right.
97. Redundancy Repetition that is no longer necessary.
98. Refute To prove wrong or disprove.
99. Rhetorical Related to effective speaking or writing techniques.
100. Salient Most noticeable or important.

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