vocab pg. 87-94
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- analogy
- likeness in some respects between things otherwise differnt; similarity; comparison
- arbitrary
- autocratic; despotic; tyrannical; proceding from a whim or fantasy (ant: legitimate)
- arbitrate
- decide a dispute, submit dispute to arbitration
- axiom
- self-evident truth; maxim
- axiomatic
- universally excepted as the truth
- bias
- opinion formed before there are grounds for it, prejudice; prediliction, patiality
- bigoted
- intolerant, narrow-minded
- bigotry
- views or behavior of a bigot, intolerance, narrow-mindedness
- 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 2 equally bad alternatives; predicament
- dogmatic
- assering opinions as if they were facts; opinonated; asserted w/o proof
- eclectic
-
choosing (ideas, methods, et.) from various chioces
ex: soetimes i believe this, and other times i believe this - fallacious
- based on a fallacy; misleading; deceptive
- fallible
- liable to be mistaken
- heterodox
- rejecting regularly accepted beliefs or doctrines; heretical; nonconformist
- hypothetical
- supposed; having the characteristics of a hypothesis
- illusion
- misleading appearance; flase impression; misconception
- indubitable
- certain; incontrovertible; indisputable
- orthodox
- approved; generally accepted; conventional
- paradoxical
- having the charcteristics of a paradox
- plausible
- superficially true or reasonable; apparently trustworthy
- preposterous
- senseless; absurd; irrational
- rational
- able to think clearly; intelligent; sensible; based on reaosn
- rationalize
- invent excuses for ones actions; desires; failures; etc.
- sophistry
- clever but deceptive reasoning
- specious
- apparently reasonable, but not really so
- speculate
- reflect; meditate; conjecture; buy or sell w/ the hope of profiting by price fluctuations
- tenable
- capable of being maintained or defended
- amorphus
- shapeless; having no definate form
- concave
- curved inward; creating a hollow space
- contour
- outline of a figure
- distort
- twist out of shape; change form the true meaning
- malleable
- capable of being shaped by hammering, as a metal; adaptable
- rotund
- rounded out, plump; full-toned
- sinuous
- bending in and out, winding, serpintine
- symmetrical
- balenced in agreement, capable of being cut in to similar halves by a common line
- symmetry
- balence, harmony
- grave
- deserving serious attention; weighty; momentous
- nugatory
- of little or no value; worthless; useless
- paltry
- practically worthless; piddling; petty; trashy
- paramount
- chief; above others; supreme
- relevant
- baring upon the matter at hand; pertinent
- coy
- pretending to be shy
- demure
- falsely modest or serious; coy; grave prim
- diffident
- lacking self-confidence, unduly timid; shy
- modest
- not thinking too highly of ones merits
- modesty
- freedom from conceit/vanity
- staid
- of settled, quiet disposition; sedate
- brazen
- shameless; impudent; made of brass or bronze
- egoism
- excessive concern for oneself; selfishness; conceit
- ostentatious
- done to impress others; showy
- overweening
- thinking too highly of oneself; arrogant; presumptuous
- pert
- too free in speech or action; bold; saucy; impertinent
- vain
- conceited, empty, worhtless, futile
- vainglorious
- excessively proud or boastful, elated by vanity
- vanity
- condition of being too vain about ones appearance