Vocab Exam 2

Question 1

Comeuppance

Answer 1

A punishment or fate that someone deserves

Question 2

Pure Coordination Problem

Answer 2

A situation where the answer doesn’t matter, as long as an answer is settled.

Which side of the road to drive on-doesn’t matter as long as theres one

Question 3

Presumably

Answer 3

What is asserted is very likely though not known for certain

Question 4

Autonomously

Answer 4

With the freedom to act independently

Question 5

Philosophical Anarchism

Answer 5

Philosophy that is skeptical about and critiques authority, especially political power

Question 6

Redound

Answer 6

contribute greatly to ( a persons credit or honor)

Question 7

Offense Escalation

Answer 7

A process where something is thought as offensive repeatedly and becomes widespread

Question 8

Homonym

Answer 8

A word that has the same spelling or pronunciation of another word but means something different

Question 9

Scatalogical

Answer 9

Something is characterized by or deliberately reference feces, or is preoccupied with obscenity

Question 10

Code switching

Answer 10

When a person changes the way they speak or represent themselves to fit in with a particular social context

Question 11

Idiosyncratic

Answer 11

Peculiar to an individual

Question 12

Arbitrary

Answer 12

based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

Question 13

Denigrate

Answer 13

Criticize unfairly; disparage

Question 14

Conditional

Answer 14

Subject to one or more conditions or requirements being met

Question 15

Justification

Answer 15

The action of showing something to be right or reasonable

Question 16

Apparatus

Answer 16

The technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose

Question 17

Sex

Answer 17

Determined by the physical features of peopled bodies- Cluster of biological characteristics (chromosomes, sexual organs, etc.)

Question 18

Supposition

Answer 18

An uncertain belief

Question 19

Coercion

Answer 19

The practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats

Question 20

Genetic Isopoint

Answer 20

The point where everyone alive today shares every ancestor in common

Question 21

Transcend

Answer 21

be or go beyond the limits of (something abstract)

Question 22

Salient

Answer 22

Most noticeable or important

Question 23

Stigmatization

Answer 23

Describing or regarding someone or something as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval

Question 24

Pragmatic

Answer 24

Dealing with things pracitcally and realistically rather than theoretical considerations; practical

Question 25

Into vs. in to

Answer 25

Into expresses movement, action, or transformation; In to usually means “in order to” or is based on the verb that comes before it.