HZT4U - Vocabulary Words

1) Platitude - (n.) A remark or a statement that may be true, but is flat and not impactful due to its excessive use; a cliche

• Platitudinous - (adj.)

• Platitudinously - (adv.)

2) To falsify - (v.) To prove a statement or view to be false or in err

• Falsification - (n.)

3a) Plausible - (adj.) Highly likely or probable, but not certainly so

• Plausibility - (n.)

• Plausibly - (adv.)

3b) Implausible - (adj.) Highly unlikely or improbable, but not certainly so

• Implausibility - (n.)

• Implausibly - (adv.)

4a) Implicit - (adj.) When something is present, but not clearly expressed

• Implicitly - (adv.)

4b) Explicit - (adj.) When something is clearly and directly expressed; obvious

• Explicitly - (adv.)

5a) Defensible - (adj.) Able to be defended or supported, especially against criticism of arguments

• Defensibly - (adv.)

5b) Indefensible - (adj.) Unable to be defended or supported, especially against criticism of arguments

• Indefensibly - (adv.)

6) Empirical - (adj.) When something is based on observable sense experiences, rather than theories

• Empirically - (adv.)