| A | B |
| abstract | theoretical; impersonal |
| analogy | a comparicon of on thing to another |
| cogent | powerfully convincing |
| contrived | artifical;labored |
| criterion | standard for judging something |
| digress | to stray away from the main subject |
| ecpirical | relaying on experiences or obserbation |
| hypothetical | uncertain or unprover |
| infer | to conclude or deduce |
| oblique` | indirect, at an angle |
| obscure | unknown; hard to understand |
| pecantic | boringly scholary or academic |
| premise | an assumption, the basis for a conclusion |
| refute | to prove to be false |
| specious | deceptivley plausibel ro attractive |
| superficial | on the surface only |
| synthersis | the comibning of parts to from a whole |
| tenable | defendable; as in onw's position is argument |
| tenous | flimsily; extremely thin |
| verbose | using to many words |