AP Vocabulary 145-158

Question 1

Ubiquitous

Answer 1

Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; wide-spread

Question 2

Disabuse

Answer 2

To undeceive; to set right

Question 3

Heretical

Answer 3

Violating accepted dogma or convention

Question 4

Vilify

Answer 4

To defame; to characterize harshly

Question 5

Dogmatic

Answer 5

Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

Question 6

Perennial

Answer 6

Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

Question 7

Fallacy

Answer 7

An erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention. There are many fallacy examples that we can find in everyday conversations

Question 8

Appeal to Ignorance

Answer 8

Appeal to ignorance happens when one individual utilizes another individuals lack of information on a specific subject as proof that his or her own particular argument is right.

Question 9

Appeal to Authority

Answer 9

This sort of error is also known as “ Argumentum Verecundia” (argument from modesty) Instead of concentrating on the benefits of an argument, the arguer will attempt to append their argument to an individual of power or authority, in an effort to give trustworthiness to their argument.

Question 10

Appeal to Popular Opinion

Answer 10

This sort of appeal is when somebody asserts that a thought or conviction is correct, since it is the thing that the general population accepts

Question 11

Association Fallacy

Answer 11

Sometimes called “ guilt by affiliation”, this happens when somebody connects a particular thought or issue to something or somebody negative, so as to infer blame on another individual

Question 12

Attacking the Person

Answer 12

Also regarded as “ 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

Question 13

Begging the Question

Answer 13

The conclusion of a contention is accepted as a statement of the inquiry itself

Question 14

Circular Argument

Answer 14

This fallacy is also known as “ 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.