Ap Lang Vocab List 3

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ad hominem

(also called “name-calling fallacy”) an attack on the person rather than the issue at hand

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aesthetic

concerned with art or beauty (not the same as ascetic!!)

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antithesis

1: the direct opposite 2: the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangement of words, clauses, or phrases. Ex: Hope for the best; prepare for the worst.

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archetype

a perfect example; an original pattern or model

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bolster

to support; to prop up

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caricature

a satiric portrait or representation

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cogent

clear, logical, and convincing

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corroborate

to confirm

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cursory

hasty, not thorough

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daunt

to intimidate; to discourage

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expository

explanatory

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false dilemma

also known as an either-or fallacy) an argument that provides only two outcomes to a problem, ignoring other possibilities

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fracas

uproar; brawl

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haughty

arrogant; vainly proud

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idiosyncratic

having strange or unusual features of behaviors;

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immune

safe from harm; protected

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inclined

tending toward one direction

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jocular

joking

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lucid

clear; easy to understand (elucidate)

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miser

someone who hoards money

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mitigate

to make less severe, serious, or painful

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paucity

smallness of quantity; dearth

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perceptive

having keen understanding; discerning

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pessimism

gloominess; a belief that the bad guys always win

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profligate

extremely wasteful; wildly extravagant

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precarious

dangerously unstable

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reprove

to scold; to find fault with

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superficial

shallow; on the surface only

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uniform

constant; without variety

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wily

cunning