| A | B |
|---|
| Apologist | a person who argues in defense or justification of an idea or cause |
| Contend | to maintain or assert |
| Dissuade | to discourage or keep(someone) from purpose or course of action |
| Fallacy | an idea or opinion based on mistaken assumptions or logic |
| Hypothesis | a statement that accounts for a set of facts but cannot be proved by direct supporting evidence; a theory |
| Indisputable | undeniable; true beyond all doubt |
| Inference | a conclusion based on evidence |
| Red herring | something that draws attention away from the matter or issue at hand |
| Refute | to prove a person or idea to be wrong |
| Substantiate | to support with proof or evidence; verify |
