221-240 Flashcards
unmellow
not kind, gentle and easy to be with, esp through maturity or old age
hither
to or towards this place
naivety
trust based on not having much experience
periodic sentence
A periodic sentence has the main clause or predicate at the end
contempt
a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone
naturalist
person who studies and know a lot about plans and animals
coadaption
mutual adaption of two or more genetically determined features through natural selection
kin
family and relations
hasty generalization
A hasty generalization is a fallacy in which a conclusion that is reached is not logically justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence
non sequitur
fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent
rebuttal
a statement that says that something is not true
conciliatory
showing willingness to end a disagreement, or trying to make someone less angry
poignant
causing or having a very sharp feeling of sadness
ominous
suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen
exasperated
annoyed, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem
