Test #7

Question 1

Acrimonious

Answer 1

Stinging, bitter in temper and/or tone. “They had an acrimonious divorce”

Question 2

Alacrity

Answer 2

Willingness, briskness, liveliness. “she accepted the invitation with alacrity”

Question 3

Conspicuous

Answer 3

easily seen or noticed. “The sign was placed in a very conspicuous spot. It was right in front of the store.”

Question 4

Deviate

Answer 4

to depart/swerve. ‘If we deviate from the directions we were given, we will get lost.”

Question 5

Disparage

Answer 5

to degrade/speak to someone in a lowly manner. “Voters don’t like debates when politics disparage each other.”

Question 6

Erudite

Answer 6

great knowledge. “The erudite student graduated early”

Question 7

Exonerate

Answer 7

to clear from accusation or blame. “they should exonerate these men from their crime”

Question 8

Conjecture

Answer 8

opinion or conclusion without evidence. “since the teacher had yet to reveal the correct answer, the students made a conjecture assumption.”

Question 9

Extricate

Answer 9

to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty. “several survivors were extricated from the wreckage.”

Question 10

Incorrigible

Answer 10

Incapable of being corrected or improved. “he’s an incorrigible liar.”

Question 11

Indolent

Answer 11

lazy, wanting to avoid activity or exertion. “Jackson lost his job because he was an indolent employee who did nothing but sleeps at his desk all day.”

Question 12

Judicious

Answer 12

using or showing good judgment, wise, and sensible. “because of the doctor’s experience, he was a judicious fellow who was well-respected by his colleagues.”

Question 13

Mitigate

Answer 13

to make it less severe, and lessen the intensity. “The doctor gave me a prescription to mitigate the pain.”

Question 14

Ostensible

Answer 14

Seeming or said to be true or real but very possibly not true or real. “ While Jerry is the ostensible author of the amendment, there is some question of who actually deserves credit for the idea.”

Question 15

palpable

Answer 15

very intense, able to be touched or felt atmosphere. “There was a palpable tension in the air as contestants awaited to see if they had made it to the next round.”

Question 16

Pandemonium

Answer 16

noun; chaos and utter craziness, “Even though the teacher had instructed the children to be on their best behavior, pandemonium broke loose the minute Santa Claus walked through the door”

Question 17

rectify

Answer 17

verb; to correct “The best way to rectify the children’s poor test grades is to reteach the lesson and give a second test.”

Question 18

surreptitious

Answer 18

adj: kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of. “The dog has his surreptitious ways of stealing table scraps behind my back”

Question 19

Hasty Generalization

Answer 19

a conclusion made to quickly does not have enough data to support “ I know 2 people who speaks Spanish, therefore everyone I know speaks Spanish

Question 20

Post Hoc

Answer 20

cause and effect/ “because event y happened after event x, event y was caused by event x”

Question 21

Ad Misericordiam

Answer 21

appeal to emotions, “don’t send him to jail, it would break his poor mothers heart”

Question 22

False Dichotomy

Answer 22

the argument when only 2 options are given, when there are more options “either you eat right now, or you die of starvation”

Question 23

non sequitur

Answer 23

doesn’t follow logically “ if someone asks what it’s like outside and you reply, “It’s 2:00”

Question 24

Appeal to popular opinion

Answer 24

Bandwagon, something is true because a majority believes it “It might be against the law to drink when you are 18 years old, but everyone does it, so it’s okay”

Question 25

Slippery Slope

Answer 25

Chain of events, resulting in the worst-case scenario “if you eat candy, you’re going to get a cavity, and then all your teeth will fall out

Question 26

Ad Hominem

Answer 26

attack the person, not the argument “During the debate, the politician’s ad hominem attack went after his opponent’s hair and makeup instead of her policies.”

Question 27

Appeal to authority

Answer 27

because I said so=> has not knowledge about the subject “athlete promoting a cellphone brand”