SAT vocab #3 Flashcards
Exculpate
show or declare that someone is NOT guilty of a wrongdoing
Sanction
- a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule
- official approval or permission for an action
Incumbent
- the person presently holding office
- a duty or responsibility
synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole
Pejorative
expressing/a word of contempt or disapproval
malfeasance
wrongdoing, especially by a public official
metonymy
naming something after its attribute (not synecdoche)
panegyric
a public speech to praise someone, usually dead
Stoic
enduring hardship w/o showing one’s feelings (also philosophy)
anadiplosis
the final word (or close to it) of a phrase becoming the first word of the next
anaphora
In rhetoric (speech) the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
obdurate
stubbornly refusing or resistant
Cogent
reasoning that is clear, logical, and/or convincing
De facto
From the fact
in vitro
In glass
