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Refute
Disprove
Contemporary
Modern
Belies
Betray or contradict
Spurious
Not genuine or authentic
Argument by Analogy
To argue that because two things are similar, what is true of one must be true of the other
Ad Hominem
Irrelevant personal attacks intended to discredit an argument
This is a flaw and invalid
Counterfactual
Something that has not happened but would happen under different circumstances
If A is true, then B is true. Used to show that bc B is not true, then A def is not true either
Value Judgement
Whether something is good or bad based on one’s standards
Rationale
A set of reasons for a particular belief
Corollary
Secondary consequence, deduction or inference
Circular Reasoning
Premise used to support Conclusion is just a repetition of the Conclusion
EX: Girls love flowers. This is true because I’m a girl and I love flowers.
Equivocation
Ambiguous language used to conceal the truth
Innate
Natural
Capricious
Unpredictable change in behavior
Followed by
X followed by Y. X came before Y.
Preclude
Prevent from happening
Ambivalent
Having mixed or contradictory feelings about something
Equivocal
Ambiguous
Penultimate
Second to last
Modicum
Small quanitity of something valuable
Tacit
Understood without being stated
Adversarial
Two people opposing each other
Innocuous
Not harmful or offensive
Pernicious
Having harmful effect, in gradual way
Paradox
Self-contradictory statement that seems true at first
Aggregate
Whole formed by combining several elements
Extant
Still in existence
Eccentric
Unconventional, slightly strange
Imperturbable
Calm and composed
Vacuous
Showing lack of intelligence
Adduce
Cite as evidence
Obstinante
Stubbornly refuse to change
Consummate
Extremely skilled
Resolute
Firmly determined
Elucidate
To clarify
Confer
To consult / To grant something
Replete
Full, well supplied
Incessantly
Constantly, without interruption
Diatribes
Bitter verbal attack
Evinced
Indicate, reveal the presence of
Bereft
Lacking, deprived of
Dichotomy
Contrast between two things that are represented as opposed
Disabuse
Persuade someone that an idea/belief is mistaken
Synthesis
Combine ideas to form theory or system
Delineate
Define something precisely
Lament
Mourn / Passionate show of grief or sorrow
Derisive
Expressing contempt or ridicule
Whimsical
Playful
Concern
Relate to, be about
Renegade
Person who betrays organization / Traitor
Seldom
Rarely; not often
Dearth
Scarcity or lack of
Deleterious
Harmful or damaging
Artifice
Strategy intended to deceive or trick
Empirical
Based on experience / observation, not logic or theory
Underscore
Emphasize
Paradigm
Typical model / example of something
Radically
In an extreme way
Hitherto
Until now or until this point
