181-200 Flashcards
devious
Devious people or plans and methods are dishonest, often in a complicated way, but often also clever and successful
preposterous
very silly or stupid
naturalists
a person who writes, paints, etc. in the style of naturalism
counterpart
a person or thing that has the same purpose as another one in a different place or organization
ad hominem
(of a criticism, etc.) directed against a person, rather than against what that person says
counterargument
an argument against another argument, idea, or suggestion
data
information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and used by a computer
nostalgic
feeling happy and also slightly sad when you think about things that happened in the past
evasive
answering questions in a way that is not direct or clear, especially because you do not want to give an honest answer
levites
members of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, especially of that part of it which provided assistants to the priests in the worship in the Jewish temple
advocate
to publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something
biblical allusion
allusion to a bible theme
despairing
showing or feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation
narration
act of telling a story
classification
process of organizing things into groups according to their type
