AP Vocabualy 141-160

Question 1

Discretion

Answer 1

Noun- cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. discreet)

Question 2

Burgeon

Answer 2

Verb- to grow rapidly, flourish

Question 3

Axiom

Answer 3

Noun- universally recognized principle (adj. axiomatic)

Question 4

Ubiquitous

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Adj- existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; wide spread

Question 5

Disabuse

Answer 5

Verb- to undeceive; to set right

Question 6

Heretical

Answer 6

Adj- violating accepted dogma or convention (noun heresy)

Question 7

Vilify

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Verb- to defame; go characterize harshly

Question 8

Dogmatic

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Adj- expressing a rigid opinion base in unproved or improvable principles (noun- dogma )

Question 9

Perennial

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Adj- recurrent through the year or years; happens repeatedly

Question 10

Fallacy

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Is an erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention. Found in everyday conversation.

Question 11

Appeal to ignorance

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Happens when one individual utilizes another individuals lack of information on a specific subject as proof that is his/her own particular argument is right.

Question 12

Appeal to authority

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Also known as “argumentum verecundia” (argument of modesty) instead of concentrating on the benefits of an argument, the arguer will attempt to append their argument go an individual of power or authority, in an effort to give trustworthiness to their argument.

Question 13

Appeal to popular authority

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When someone asserts that a thought or conviction is correct, since it is the thing that the general population accepts.

Question 14

Association fallacy

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Sometimes called “guilt-by-affliction” this happens when someone connects with a particular thought/issue to something or somebody negative, so as to infer blame on another individual.

Question 15

Attacking the person

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“Argumentum ad hominem” (argument against the man) this is a common fallacy used during debates, where an individual substitutes a rebuttal with a personal insult.

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Begging the question

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Conclusion of a contention is accepted as a statement of the inquiring itself.

Question 17

Circular argument

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This fallacy is also known as “circulus in probando” this error us commited when an argument takes its evidence from an element inside the argument itself, instead of from an outside source.

Question 18

relationship implies causation

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also called “com hoc ergo propter hoc”, this fallacy is a deception in which the individual making the contention joins two occasions that happen consecutively, and accepts that one created or caused the other

Question 19

false dilemma/ dichotomy

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sometimes called “bifurcation”, this sort of error happens when somebody presents their argument in such a way that there are just two convincible alternatives left

Question 20

illogical conclusion

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fallacy where in somebody attests a conclusion that does not follow from the suggestions or facts