Special Words #3

Question 0

Achilles Heel

Answer 0

Fatal flaw

Question 1

Laconico

Answer 1

Concise & abrupt; person with few words

Question 2

Chimera

Answer 2

Monster made of different species

Question 3

Cupidity

Answer 3

Greed for money; excessive wealth

Question 4

Nemesis

Answer 4

Greek Goddess of revenge

Question 5

Promethean

Answer 5

Creative, life-changing

Question 6

Pygmalion

Answer 6

Victory w/ a devastating cost

Question 7

Saturnine

Answer 7

Slow to change

Question 8

Terpsichorean

Answer 8

Related to dancing; choreography

Question 9

Alpha & Omega

Answer 9

First & last

Question 10

Good Samaritan

Answer 10

Person who helps others; helps the enemy

Question 11

Job

Answer 11

Faithfulness & patience

Question 12

Sodom & Gomorrah

Answer 12

Corrupt city

Question 13

Simon Legree

Answer 13

Powerful person who’s an asshole

Question 14

Svengali

Answer 14

monster who persuades people to do something in their favor, manipulative

Question 15

Boycott

Answer 15

Uprising to express disapproval

Question 16

McCarthyism

Answer 16

going after someone who’s diff than you (ie. hitler)

Question 17

Spartan

Answer 17

Simple people but brave

Question 18

Nostradamus

Answer 18

Someone who predicted the future

Question 19

Bourgeois

Answer 19

Characteristics of middle class; new money (ie. gatsby)

Question 20

Quid Pro Quo

Answer 20

This for that

Question 21

Inductive Reasoning

Answer 21

Specific to general

Question 22

Deductive reasoning

Answer 22

General to specific

Question 23

Rebuttal

Answer 23

Making a contrary argument or presenting evidence

Question 24

Syllogism

Answer 24

General to specific (ie. i am human. Humans are mortal, therefore i am mortal.

Question 25

Refute

Answer 25

Prove a statement false

Question 26

Ad Hominem

Answer 26

Attacking a man instead of issue (ie Clinton can't be president because he's an adulterer

Question 27

Begging the question/circular reasoning

Answer 27

No evidence to support the claim (ie. belief in god is universal because everyone believes in god.)

Question 28

Strawman

Answer 28

Distorting opposing evidence

Question 29

Non sequitur

Answer 29

Off topic

Question 30

Red herring

Answer 30

Distractor, took you off topic

Question 31

Slippery slope

Answer 31

Starts with a little step and suddenly falls (ie. making out to sex)

Question 32

Ad populum

Answer 32

(Alike to bandwagon) everybody is doing it hence you should do it.

Question 33

Bandwagon

Answer 33

Brings appeal & everyone follows