141-160 Flashcards
Onerous
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome, causing hardship
Discretion
cautious reserve in speech, ability to make responsible decisions
Burgeon
to grow rapidly or flourish
Axiom
a universally recognized principle
Ubiquitous
adjective- existing everywhere at the same time, constantly, wide-spread
Disabuse
to undeceive, to set right
Heretical
violating accepted dogma or convention
Vilify
to defame, to characterize harshly
Dogmatic
expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles
Perennial
recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly
Fallacy
is an erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical convention. There are many fallacy examples that we find in everyday conversations
Appeal to Ignorance
happens when one individual utilizes another individuals lack of information on a specific subject as proof that his or her own particular argument is right
Appeal to Authority
“argument from modesty” instead of concentrating on the benefits of an argument to an individual of power or authority, in an effort to give trustworthiness to their argument
Appeal to Popular opinion
when somebody asserts that a thought or conviction is correct, since it is the thing that the general population accepts
Association Fallacy
sometimes called “guilt by affiliation” this happens when somebody connects a particular thought or issue to something or somebody negative, so as to infer blame on another individual