Language Of Argument Reasoning And Persuasion

Question 1

Circumlocutory

Answer 1

Inclined to speak evasively

Question 2

Circumscribe

Answer 2

To define the limits of something

Question 3

Conjecture

Answer 3

A guess based on incomplete information

Question 4

Contentious

Answer 4

Causing or likely to provoke an argument

Question 5

Credulous

Answer 5

Willing to believe

Question 6

Cursory

Answer 6

Hasty and superficial

Question 7

Delineate

Answer 7

To describe or portray precisely

Question 8

Disputatious

Answer 8

1) fond of having arguments (person)

2) likely to cause an argument (situation)

Question 9

Elucidate

Answer 9

To make clear, shed light on

Question 10

Equivocate

Answer 10

Speak vaguely to avoid commitment

Question 11

Exhortation

Answer 11

A strong plea

Question 12

Exonerate

Answer 12

To absolve one of blame or fault

Question 13

Fallacious

Answer 13

Based on a mistaken belief or unsound reasoning

Question 14

Harangue

Answer 14

A lengthy heated speech

Question 15

Incongruous

Answer 15

Inconsistent with expectations or surroundings

Question 16

Inexorable

Answer 16

1) unpreventable

2) impossible to persuade

Question 17

Intransigent

Answer 17

Stubbornly unwilling to compromise or agree with another

Question 18

Litigious

Answer 18

Unreasonably prone to suing as a means of settling disputes

Question 19

Obstinate

Answer 19

Stubbornly refusing to change ones position

Question 20

Partisan

Answer 20

Prejudiced in favour of a particular party

Question 21

Placate

Answer 21

To pacify with gestures

Question 22

Precedent

Answer 22

A previous occurence that is used as an example, particularly in legal context

Question 23

Propensity

Answer 23

A natural inclination to behave a certain way

Question 24

Pugnacious

Answer 24

Quarrelsome, prone to fighting

Question 25

Recalcitrant

Answer 25

Stubbornly uncooperative

Question 26

Specious

Answer 26

Seemingly plausible, but actually incorrect

Question 27

Strident

Answer 27

Annoyingly loud and harsh, especially when presenting a point of view

Question 28

Tenuous

Answer 28

Flimsy

Question 29

Tirade

Answer 29

Long angry and critical speech

Question 30

Vindicate

Answer 30

To clear of blame and suspicion

Question 31

Zealot

Answer 31

A fanatic

Question 32

Apologist

Answer 32

One who argues for a particular, often controversial, position