| A | B |
|---|
| based | likeness in some respects between things otherwise different; similarity; comparison |
| arbitrary | autocratic; despotic; tyrannical; proceeding from a whim or fancy |
| arbitrate | decide a dispute, acting as an arbiter or arbitrator | submit a dispute to arbitration |
| axiom | self-evident; universally accepted as true |
| bias | opinion formed before there are grounds for it; prejudice; predilection; partiality |
| bigoted | intolerant; narrom-minded |
| bigotry | views or behavior of a bigot (one intolerantly devoted to one's own beliefs and prejudices); narrom-mindedness; intolerance |
| cogitate | think over; consider with care; ponder |
| criterion | standard; rule or test for judging |
| crux | most important point; essential part |
| deduce | derive by reasoning; infer |
| dilemma | situation requiring a choice between two equally bad alternatives; predicament |
| dogmatic | asserting opinions as if they were facts; opinionated; asserted without proof |
| eclectic | choosing (ideas, methods, etc.) from various sources |
| fallacious | based on a fallacy (erroneous ides); misleading; deceptive |
| fallible | liable to be mistaken |
| heterodox | rejecting regularly accepted beliefs or doctrines; heretical; nonconformist |
| hypothetical | supposed; having the characteristics of a hypothesis, a supposition made as a basis for reasoning |
