AP Vocabulary 141-160 Flashcards
onerous
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship
discretion
cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
burgeon
grow rapidly or flourish
axiom
universally recognized principle
ubiquitous
existing everywhere at the same time
disabuse
to undeceive; to set right
heretical
violating accepted dogma or convention
vilify
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
erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention. There are many fallacy examples in everyday life
appeal to ignorance
one individual utilizes another individuals lack of info. and specific subject as proof that his own argument is right
appeal to authority
arguer will attempt to append their argument to an individual of power or authority, in an effect to give trustworthiness to their argument
appeal to popular opinion
somebody asserts that a thought or conviction is correct, since it is a thing that the general population accepts
association fallacy
aka “guilt-by-association” happens when somebody connects a particular thought to somebody or something negative, so as to infer blame on another individual
attacking the person
argument ad hominem, this is a common fallacy used during debates, where an individual substitutes a rebuttal with a personal insult
begging the question
conclusion of a contention is accepted as a statement of the inquiry itself
circular argument
aka “circulus in probando”. this error is committed when an argument takes its evidence from an element inside the argument itself, instead of from an outside source
