| A | B |
|---|
| Abstract | Theoretical; impersonal |
| Analogy | a comparison of one thing to another; similarity |
| Cogent | powerfully convincing |
| Contrived | artificial; labored |
| Criterion | standard; basis for judgment |
| Digress | to stray from the main subject |
| Empirical | relying on ezperience or observation; not merely theoretical |
| Hypothetical | uncertain; unproven |
| Infer | verb to conclude; to duduce |
| Obscure | unknown; hard to understand; dark |
| Pedantic | boringly scholarly or academic |
| Presmise | an assuption; the basis for a conclusion |
| Refute | verb to prove to be false; to diprove |
| Specious | dicepitely plausible or attractive |
| Superficial | on the surface only; shallow; not through |
| synthesis | the combining fo parts to form a whole |
| Tenable | defensible, as in one's position in an argument; capable of being argued successfully; valid |
| Tenuous | flimsy; eztremely thin |
| Verbose | using too many word; not succinct; circumlocutory |
| Oblique | indirect; at angle |
