ApLang

Mr. Gartman vocab tests

Assertion

Declaration of statement

Cogent

Convincing

Coherent

Logically connected

Cohesive

Sticking together

Didactic

Intended to instruct

Discourse

Verbal expression or exchange; conversation

Eloquence

Speak vividly or persuasively

Fluid

Easily flowing

Implication

The act of suggesting or hinting

Lucid

Easily understood; clear

Rhetoric

Using language effectively and persuasively

arbiter

a judge who decides a disputed issue

biased

prejudiced

exculpate

to free from guilt or blame

impartial

not in favor of one side or the other; unbiased

incontrovertible

not able to be denied or disputed

integrity

trustworthiness; completeness

objectivity

treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices

plausible

seemingly valid or acceptable; credible

substantiated

supported with proof or evidence; verified

vindicated

freed from blame

condescending

treating people as weak or inferior

contemptuous

feeling hatred; scornful

despotic

exercising absolute power; tryrannical

dictactorial

domineering; oppresively overbearing

disdain

contempt’ scornful or to regard or treat with contempt'; to look down on

haughty

arrogant

imperious

arrogantly domineering

patronizing

treating in a condescending manner

convoluted

intricate; complex

cryptic

difficult to comprehend

futile

having no useful purpose

impede

to slow the process of

obscure

relatively unknown or to conceal or make indistinct

quandary

a state of uncertainty or perplexity