Twelve Flashcards
naivety
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
periodic sentence
is a stylistic device employed at the sentence level, described as one that is not complete grammatically or semantically before the final clause or phrase.
contempt
the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
naturalists
a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
coadaptation
the correlation of structural or behavioral characteristics in two or more interacting organisms in a community or organs in an organism resulting from progressive accommodation by natural selection.
kin
a person’s relatives collectively; kinfolk.
hasty generalization
is a conclusion made about all or many instances of a phenomenon, that has been reached on the basis of one or a few instances of that phenomenon. It is an example of jumping to conclusions.
non sequitur
an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
rebuttal
an act of rebutting, as in a debate.
conciliatory
tending to conciliate
poignant
keenly distressing to the feelings
ominous
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
exasperated
to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely
literary allusion
a passing or casual reference to something, either directly or implied: an allusion to Shakespeare
historical allusion
in literature, an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.
bewilderment
a confusing maze or tangle, as of objects or conditions
definition
the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear
mode of composition
refers to the four traditional categories of written texts: narration, description, exposition, and argument.
extorted
to compel (something) of a person or thing
interrogative
of, relating to, or conveying a question.
