Sat Vocabulary Flashcards
Very sharp or bitter
Acrid
Dislike or opposition
Aversion
A large destructive fire
Conflagration
A complete failure
Debacle
A strong feeling something bad is about to happen
Foreboding
Disgrace
Ignominy
Awkward or unskilled
Inept
A scheme to do harm
Machination
To spoil
Mar
To burden or whigh down
Oppress
To steal repeatedly things of little value
Pilfer
Guilty of treason (rebellion against government)
Seditious
Experiments investigations surveys interviews observtions
Primary Research
A document or object that was written or created during the time under study
Primary source
Interprets and analyzes primary sources
Secondary source .
An argument based on character
Ethos
An argument based on feeling
Pathos
An argument based on facts, evidence and reason
Logos
Any various types of erroneous reasoning that render arguments logically unsound
Logical fallacy
A contrasting opposing or refuting argument
Counterargument
To acknowledge (an opponent’s victory) before it is officially established
Concede
