Diction #2

Question 1

pariah

Answer 1

an outcast

Question 2

binational

Answer 2

cocerning or consisting of two nations

Question 3

crematorium

Answer 3

a place where a dead person’s body is cremated

Question 4

Judasim

Answer 4

the monotheistic religion of the Jews

Question 5

anomaly

Answer 5

something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected

Question 6

rhetoric

Answer 6

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

Question 7

pejorative

Answer 7

expressing contempt or disapproval

Question 8

sophistry

Answer 8

the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intentions of deceiving

Question 9

faculty

Answer 9

1) an inherent mental or physical power.

Question 10

suasion

Answer 10

formal persuation as opposed to force or compulsion

Question 11

contingency

Answer 11

a future event or circumstance which is possible but connot be predicted with certainty

Question 12

enthymeme

Answer 12

an argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated

Question 13

premise

Answer 13

a previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion

Question 14

proposition

Answer 14

a statement or assertion that expressses a judgement or opinion

Question 15

assertion

Answer 15

a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief

Question 16

syllogism

Answer 16

an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed proposition

Question 17

disjunctive

Answer 17

lacking connection or consistencey

Question 18

inference

Answer 18

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

Question 19

deductive

Answer 19

based on the inference of particular instances from a general law

Question 20

inductive

Answer 20

based on the inference of general laws from particular instances

Question 21

staunch

Answer 21

very loyal and commited in attitude

Question 22

abstruse

Answer 22

difficult to understand, obscure

Question 23

idolatry

Answer 23

the worship of idols

Question 24

solicitor

Answer 24

a member of the the legal profession qualified to deal with convenyancing

Question 25

convenyancing

Answer 25

the branch of law concerned with the preperation of documents for the convenyance of property

Question 26

seldom

Answer 26

not often; rarely