| A | B |
|---|
| abstract: adj | theoretical; impersonal |
| analogy: noun | a comparison of one thing to another; similarity |
| cogent: adj | powerfully convincing |
| contrived: adj | artificial; labored |
| criterion: noun | standard; basis for judgement |
| digress: verb | to stray from the main subjects |
| empirica: adj | relying on the experience or observation; not merely theoretical |
| hypothetical:adj | uncertain; unproven |
| infer: verb | to conclude; to deduce |
| oblique: adj | indirect; at an angle |
| obscure: adj | unknown; hard to understand; dark |
| pedantic: adj | boring scholarly or academic |
| premise: noun | an assumption; the basis for a conclusion |
| refute: verb | to prove to be false; to disprove |
| specious: adj | deceptively plausible or attractive |
| superficial: adj | on the surface only; shallow; not thorough |
| synthesis: noun | the combing of parts to form a whole |
| tenable: adj | defensive, as in one's position in an argument; capable of being argued successfully; valid |
| tenuous: adj | flimsy; extremely thin |
| verbose: adj | using too many words; not succint; circumlocutory |
