201-220 Flashcards
celibate
not having sex, especially because you have made a religious promise not to
cumulative sentence
cumulative sentence is an independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions (phrases or clauses) that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea
colloquialism
groups of uses and words in an informal tone
embryologic
he branch of biology that deals with the formation, early growth, and development of living organisms
vestige
a small part or amount of something larger, stronger, or more important that still exists from something that existed in the past
kinship
the relationship between members of the same family
begging the question
begging the question is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument’s premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it. It is a type of circular reasoning: an argument that requires that the desired conclusion be true
post hoc
Post hoc analysis or post hoc test, statistical analyses that were not specified before the data was seen. Post hoc theorizing, generating hypotheses based on data already observed
warrant
underlying connection between claim and evidence
jovial
friendly and in a good mood, or (of a situation) enjoyable because of being friendly and pleasant
ambiguous
having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally
acerbic
used to describe something that is spoken or written in a way that is direct, clever, and cruel
antecedent
someone or something existing or happening before, especially as the cause or origin of something existing or happening later
regional dialect
type of language used in a specific area
mythological allusion
allusion to a mythologic fact
