| A | B |
|---|
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| concise | brief and to the point; succinct |
| conjecture | to guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence |
| construe | to interpret |
| corollary | something that follows; a natural consequence |
| deduce | to conclude from the evidence; to infer |
| desultory | without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random |
| dialectical | relating to the rules and methodes of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposite extremes |
| extrapolate | to deduce or project from something known; to infer |
| incisive | cutting right to the heart of the matter |
| nuance | a subtle difference or distinction |
| opaque | impossible to see through; impossible to understand |
| pertinent | relevant; dealing with the matter at hand |
| polemic | a powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue |
| postulate | something accepted as true without proof; an axiom |
| profound | deep |
| redundant | unnecessarily repetitive; excessively wordy |
| spurious | false; fake |
| tautological | redundant; circular |
