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Ferguson AP English
Ferguson AP 11 English List 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| analogy | similarity, partial resemblance |
| arbiter | a judge; one empowered to settle a dispute |
| arbitrary | based on whim rather than reason |
| august | inspiring awe and reverence; majestic |
| autonomous | self-governing; independent |
| bigoted | prejudiced; narrow-minded; intolerant |
| catholic | tolerant; universal; all-inclusive |
| chauvanist | one who is a fanatical partriot; an extreme nationalist |
| cite | to refer to ; mention or quote as proof |
| cogitate | to ponder or think about seriously |
| condign | deserved; suitable, said esp. of punishment |
| conjecture | a guess or inference; to guess |
| construe | to interpret or explain |
| credence | belief |
| demagogue | rabble-rouser; one who tries to stir up the people by appeals to emothions, prejudice, etc. |
| dictum | a formal statement; an authoritative command |
| dogmatic | strongly, arrogantly asserting an opinion |
| equity | fairness; impartiality; justice |
| equitable | just; fair |
| fallacy | a mistaken idea; false reasoning or logic |
| forensic | characeristic of or suitable for a law court or public debate |
| incumbent | 1. resting upon as a duty or obligation 2. holding an office |
| incredible | 1. not credible 2. seeming too unusual to be possible |
| inference | conclusion or deduction arrived at by reasoning from something known or observed |
| invalidate | to make void; to deprive of legal force |
| irrefutable | incapable of being disproved |
| jingoist | extreme nationalist; chauvinist; one who favors an aggressive, warlike foreign policy |
| lackey | a servile attendant; toady |
| laissez-faire | noninterference, esp. the doctrine of government's non-interference with commerce |
| litigious | given to carrying on legal disputes |
| martinet | a very strict disciplinarian |
| moot | 1. debatable; arguable; unresolved 2. without significance thorugh having been previously decided or settled |
| pensive | thoughtful, esp. upon grave or melancholy subjects |
| peremptory | decisive, positive, dogmatic (often to the point of bieng dictatorial) |
| plebeian | characteristic of lower class or common people |
| plebiscite | direct vote by all eligible voters (the common people) |
| postulate | to assume the truth or reality of with no proof; something assumed without proof |
| precedent | an act or instance that may be used as an exaple in dealing with subsequent similar cases |
| precedence | the act, state, or right of going before; priority |
| premise | a statement from which an argument is made or a conclusion is drawn |
| prerogative | a privilege, usually based on rank, status, etc. |
| presentment | a feeling that something (usually bad) is about to happen |
| provincial | 1. countrified; rustic 2. narrow in interests and limited in experience |
| rebut | to contradict or oppose, esp. in a formal manner by disproving |
| redress | compensation, as for a wrong; to remedy or to make amends for |
| refute | to prove wrong or false |
| regimen | a regulated system of diet, exercise, or government |
| rostrum | a platform for public speaking |
| surmise | to guess or infer; a guess or inference |
| syllogism | a form of deductive reasoning in which two statements are made and a logical conclusion drawn from them |
| utopian | having impossibly ideal conditions (as in politics, social customs, etc.) |
| vassal | one who is in a humble and subordinate position, frequiently as a slave or feudal tenant |
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~Ash~
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