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SAT Vocab part 3

TermDefinition
raze destroy completely
ad hominem Latin for "against the man." Personally attacking your opponents instead of their argument. It is an argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason, feeling rather than intellect.
quiescence state of being at rest; temporary inactivity
analogy A comparison of one pair of variables. When a writer uses an analogy, he or she argues that the relationship variables between the second pair of variables.
alleviate to relieve, make more bearable
contradiction occurs when one asserts two mutually exclusive propositions. Since a claim and its contradictory cannot both be true, one of them must be false.
Iconoclastic attacking cherished traditions
cliche thinking Usually as evidence a well-known saying, as it is proven, or as of it has no exception.
emulate imitate; strive to equal or excel
Dialogismus A speaker either imagines what someone or something else might be thinking, or else paraphrases someone's earlier words. In either case, the speaker ends up taking not as themselves just for rhetorical effect.
heresy opinion contrary to popular belief
invective A long, emotionally violent, attack using strong, abusive language.
Eulogy expression of praise
Paradox a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
Morose ill-humored; sad; gloomy
Slippery slope The assumption that once started, a situation will continue to its most extreme possible outcome.
Torpor physical or mental inactivity: sluggishness; dormancy
bathos A sudden change of tone in a work of writing, usually form the sublime to the ridiculous.
Ambivalence the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
Hasty Generalization A generalization based on too little or unrepresentative data
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