FEB 7 QUIZ Flashcards
Rhetoric
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing often involving the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
Equivocate
To use ambiguous language with the intent to deceive or avoid committing to a particular stance.
Corroborate
To confirm or give support to a statement theory or finding with additional evidence.
Delineate
To describe or portray something precisely; to outline or define with clarity.
Esoteric
Intended for or understood by only a small number of people with special knowledge.
Sycophant
A person who acts obedient towards someone important to gain advantage; a flatterer.
Epistemology
The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature origin and scope of knowledge.
Analogous
Comparable in certain respects typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared.
Didactic
Intended to teach particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
Ostensibly
Apparently or purportedly but perhaps not actually.
Ubiquitous
Present appearing or found everywhere.
Voracious
Having a very eager approach to an activity; wanting or devouring great quantities.
Cacophony
A harsh discordant mixture of sounds.
Ephemeral
Lasting for a very short time; fleeting.
Pernicious
Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
