305.
Classify the following: “
Loquacious
means talkative.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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306.
Classify the following: “A juice harp is a harmonica.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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307.
Classify the following: “Being an octogenarian is being in one’s eighties.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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308.
Classify the following: “
Bogey
is the same as one over par.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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309.
Classify the following: “
Consumption
is an old word for tuberculosis.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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310.
Classify the following: “Aqua, the color, is blue-green.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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311.
Classify the following: “Dr. Monfort thinks ‘new–age’ is another word for mindless.“
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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312.
Classify the following: “When Dr. Leakey said Lucy’s walk was bipedal, he meant her walk
was upright.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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313.
Classify the following: “As any crossword puzzler knows, ‘sere’ means ‘arid,’ which means
dry.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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314.
Classify the following: “‘Freedom’ is just another word for nothing left to lose.“—Kris
Kristofferson
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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315.
Classify the following: “To philosophers, a realist is a person who believes in the existence
of a world outside the mind.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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316.
Classify the following: “The Ojibwa are a tribe of Algonquian Indians of the Lake Superior
region.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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317.
Classify the following: “‘Adult beverage’ is anything that will get you drunk and make you
act like an adolescent.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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318.
Classify the following: “An ogre is a monster who dines on humans.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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319.
Classify the following: “A miracle: an event described by those to whom it was told by men
who did not see it.”—Elbert Hubbard
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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320.
Classify the following: “Fork,
n
. An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead
animals into the mouth.”—Ambrose Bierce
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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321.
Classify the following: “A derailleur is that gizmo that shifts gears on a bike.”
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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322.
Classify the following: “Skiing—outdoor fun combined with knocking down trees with your
face.”—Dave Barry
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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323.
Classify the following: “Military intelligence. A contradiction in terms.”—Groucho Marx
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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324.
Classify the following: “Conservative,
n
. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as
distinguished from a liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.”—Ambrose Bierce
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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325.
Classify the following: “Conversation—the enemy of good wine and food.”—Alfred
Hitchcock
A.
definition by example
B.
definition by synonym
C.
analytical definition
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326.
“Emotive meaning” refers to a term’s
A.
denotation.
B.
C.
literal meaning.
D.
pejorative impact.
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327.
Connotation is usually
A.
subjective.
B.
objective.
C.
neutral.
D.
non-subjective.
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328.
A grouping ambiguity is
A.
a special kind of semantic ambiguity.
B.
a special kind of syntactic ambiguity.
C.
neither a kind of semantic ambiguity nor a kind of syntactic ambiguity.
D.
a structural vagueness.
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329.
Which of the following is a matter of degrees (more than one answer is possible)?
X
generality
__
ambiguity
__
definition
X
vagueness
True / False Questions
330.
Any analytical definition of the word “dog” would also be an analytical definition of the
word “animal.”
FALSE
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331.
Any definition by example of the word “dog” would also be a definition by example of the
word “animal.”
TRUE
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332.
Any definition by synonym of the word “dog” would also be a definition by synonym of the
word “animal.”
FALSE
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333.
Definitions are used only to clarify the meaning of expressions that are not understood.
FALSE
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334.
Definitions by synonym or definitions by example might serve to reduce the vagueness of
an expression.
FALSE
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335.
It is possible to explain the meaning of the word “thing” by using a definition by example.
FALSE
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336.
A definition by example can be used to differentiate between the meanings of “equilateral
triangle” and “equiangular triangle.”
FALSE
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337.
If you want to define a word for a person who knows nothing of your language, you’re
stuck with definitions by example.
TRUE
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338.
The word “centaur” can be defined by example.
FALSE
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339.
Emotive meaning cannot be conveyed by a definition by example.
FALSE
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340.
It is possible for two synonyms to have approximately the same emotive meaning.
TRUE
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341.
Definitions by example, definitions by synonym, and analytical definitions can all be used
to evoke an attitude about the thing defined.
TRUE
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342.
A definition used to reduce the vagueness of an expression is called a precising definition.
TRUE
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343.
It is rarely, if ever, appropriate to insist that a claim be totally free from vagueness.
TRUE
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344.
Vague claims are more difficult to prove false than precise claims.
TRUE
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345.
Any definition by example of the word “terrier” would also qualify as a definition by
example of the word “canine.”
TRUE
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346.
If you want to make a word’s meaning more precise, a definition by synonym will work
better than an analytical definition.
FALSE
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