| A | B |
|---|
| Abstract | theoretical; impersonal |
| Analogy | a comparison of one thing to another; similaroty. |
| Cogent | powrfully convincing |
| Contrived | artificial; labored |
| Criterion | standard; basis for judgment |
| Digress | to stay away from the main subject |
| Emperical | relying on experience or obvervation; not merely theoretical |
| Hypothetical | uncertain; unproven |
| Infer | to conclude; to deduce |
| Oblique | indirect; at and angle |
| Obscure | unkown; hard to understand; dark |
| Pedantic | boringly scholarly or academic |
| Premise | an assumption; the basis for a conclusion |
| Refute | to prove to be false; to disporve |
| Specious | deceptively plausible of attractive |
| Superficial | on the surface only; shallow; not throrough |
| Synthesis | the combining of parts to form a whole |
| Tenable | defensible; as in one's posistion in an arguement; capable of being argued successfully; valid |
| Tenuous | flimsy; extremely thin |
| Verbose | using too many words; not succint; circumlocutory |
