| A | B |
|---|
| abstract (adj) | theoretical; impersonal |
| analogy (n) | comparsion of one thing to another; similarity |
| cogent (adj) | powerfully convicing |
| contrived (adj) | artificial; labored |
| criterion (n) | standard; basis for judgement |
| digress (v) | to stray from the main subject |
| empirical (adj) | relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical |
| hypothetical (adj) | uncertain; unproven |
| infer (v) | to conclude or deduce |
| oblique (adj) | indirect; at an angle |
| obscure (adj) | unknown; hard to understand; dark |
| pedantic (adj) | boringly scholarly or acedemic |
| premise (n) | an assumption; the basis for a conclusion |
| refute (v) | to prove to be false; to disprove |
| specious (adj) | deceptively plausible or attractive |
| superficial (adj) | on the surface only; shallow; not thorough |
| synthesis (n) | the combining of parts to make a whole |
| tenable (adj) | defensible, as in one's position in an argument; capable of being argued sucessfully; valid |
| tenuous (adj) | flimsy; extremly thin |
| verbose (adj) | using too many words; not succint; circumlocutory |
