Special Words #3 Flashcards
Achilles Heel
Fatal flaw
Laconico
Concise & abrupt; person with few words
Chimera
Monster made of different species
Cupidity
Greed for money; excessive wealth
Nemesis
Greek Goddess of revenge
Promethean
Creative, life-changing
Pygmalion
Victory w/ a devastating cost
Saturnine
Slow to change
Terpsichorean
Related to dancing; choreography
Alpha & Omega
First & last
Good Samaritan
Person who helps others; helps the enemy
Job
Faithfulness & patience
Sodom & Gomorrah
Corrupt city
Simon Legree
Powerful person who’s an asshole
Svengali
monster who persuades people to do something in their favor, manipulative
Boycott
Uprising to express disapproval
McCarthyism
going after someone who’s diff than you (ie. hitler)
Spartan
Simple people but brave
Nostradamus
Someone who predicted the future
Bourgeois
Characteristics of middle class; new money (ie. gatsby)
Quid Pro Quo
This for that
Inductive Reasoning
Specific to general
Deductive reasoning
General to specific
Rebuttal
Making a contrary argument or presenting evidence
Syllogism
General to specific (ie. i am human. Humans are mortal, therefore i am mortal.
Refute
Prove a statement false
Ad Hominem
Attacking a man instead of issue (ie Clinton can’t be president because he’s an adulterer
Begging the question/circular reasoning
No evidence to support the claim (ie. belief in god is universal because everyone believes in god.)
Strawman
Distorting opposing evidence
Non sequitur
Off topic
Red herring
Distractor, took you off topic
Slippery slope
Starts with a little step and suddenly falls (ie. making out to sex)
Ad populum
(Alike to bandwagon) everybody is doing it hence you should do it.
Bandwagon
Brings appeal & everyone follows
