MP3 Vocab

Acknowledge

To recognize something as existing or true.

Assert

To state with assurance, confidence, or force.

Concur

To agree.

Convey

To communicate; to make known.

Dissent

To disagree; to object.

Dissuade

To persuade against doing something.

Refute

To prove to be false.

Ambivalent

Having mixed feelings about someone or something.

Ambiguous

Open to more than one interpretation.

Compelling

Having a powerful and irresistible effect.

Credible

Believable.

Emphatic

Uttered with emphasis.

Skeptical

Doubtful; not easily persuaded.

Valid

Sound; just; well-founded.

Argument

A set of claims offered as reasons to accept or believe another claim.

Issue

The matter that is under contention.

Objection

A counterclaim; an act of disagreeing.

Qualifiers

Words or phrases that limit the absoluteness of a statement.

Warrant

Justification; an explanation of WHY evidence supports a claim.