AP Language Vocabulary 6 Flashcards

10957913793	censor	To remove offensive material from	0
10957931360	enigma	a puzzle; a mystery	1
10957949068	vulnerable	(adj.) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected	2
10957953105	abstract	existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.	3
10957953106	subtle	delicate, elusive, not obvious	4
10957956864	inevitable	certain to happen; unavoidable	5
10957959895	disdain	(v.) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt	6
10957962011	valid	Well-founded on evidence and corresponds accurately to the real world.	7
10957963870	eccentric	unconventional and slightly strange	8
10957974547	hypocritical	pretending to be virtuous; deceiving	9
10957982005	Black and White Fallacy	A fallacy that occurs when the audience is only given two choices.	10
10957987238	bandwagon fallacy	error of assuming that a claim is correct just because many people believe it	11
10958008468	appeal to tradition	a fallacy which assumes that something old is automatically better than something new	12
10958011703	Hasty Generalization	A fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence.	13
10958019415	ad hominem fallacy	when speakers attack the person making the argument and not the argument itself	14
10958019416	Slippery Slope	A fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented	15
10958034647	Strawman Fallacy	A fallacy that occurs when the actual argument appears to be refuted, but in reality a related point is addressed.	16
10958042522	Strawman Fallacy	Senator Smith says that the nation should not add to the defense budget. Senator Jones says that he cannot believe that Senator Smith wants to leave the nation defenseless.	17
10958135079	appeal to tradition	Dave: For five generations, the men in our family went to Stanford and became doctors, while the women got married and raised children. Therefore, it is my duty to become a doctor. Kaitlin: Do you want to become a doctor? Dave: It doesn't matter -- it is our family tradition. Who am I to break it?	18
10958155553	slippery slope	We cannot unlock our child from the closet because if we do, she will want to roam the house. If we let her roam the house, she will want to roam the neighborhood. If she roams the neighborhood, she will get picked up by a stranger in a van, who will sell her in a sex slavery ring in some other country. Therefore, we should keep her locked up in the closet.	19
10958170587	ad hominem fallacy	Tony wants us to believe that the origin of life was an "accident". Tony is a godless SOB who has spent more time in jail than in church, so the only information we should consider from him is the best way to make license plates.	20
10958179319	Black and White Fallacy	You are either with God or against him.	21
10958197080	Hasty Generalization	My father smoked four packs of cigarettes a day since age fourteen and lived until age sixty-nine. Therefore, smoking really can't be that bad for you.	22
10958209061	vulnerable	Children are the most ______________________ members of society	23
10958209062	inevitable	Heart gets cold and love gets tired, it's _______________________________when you experience love.	24
10958211789	enigma	The ___________________________ of the stones draws druids to perform their weird rituals.	25
10958211790	disdain	She turned her head away in ______________.	26
10958213862	censor	The __________ demanded that the scene be written out.	27
10958213863	valid	Your credit card is no longer ______________.	28
10958215982	abstract	I like dogs in the _________________, but I can't bear this one.	29
10958217621	eccentric	He is an ______________ character who likes wearing a beret and dark glasses.	30
10958217622	subtle	She's been dropping __________________hints about what she'd like as a present.	31
10958219289	hypocritical	It would be _____________________ of me to have a church wedding when I don't believe in God.	32