Essay Words

Question 0

Arbitrary

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Random, based on a whim or impulse rather than logic, indiscriminate haphazard capricious

Question 1

Analogy

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Comparison of particular qualities of two otherwise dissimilar things

Question 2

Axiomatic

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Self-evident, accepted as true

Question 3

Cogitate

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Think over, ponder, consider

Question 4

Criterion

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A standard by which something is judged

Question 5

Crux

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The essential or most important aspect

Question 6

Deduce

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Figure out by logical reasoning

Question 7

Dogmatic

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Asserted without proof, person inflexibly proclaiming opinions as though they were facts dogma-religious beliefs

Question 8

Fallacious

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Intentionally misleading, deceptive

Question 9

Fallible

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Prone to error, liable to be mistaken

Question 10

Paradoxical

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Self contradictory but with a possibility of truth

Question 11

Plausible

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Could be true but you don’t know for sure

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Sophistry

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Clever but deceptive reasoning

Question 13

Specious

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Incorrect but seeming at first glance to be correct

Question 14

Tenable

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Capable of being held, maintained, or defended

Question 15

Untenable

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Not defensible, cannot be continued or maintained