Vocab List 2

Question 0

arbitrary

Answer 0

random, based on a whim or impulse rather than logic; synonyms: indiscriminate, haphazard, capricious

Question 1

Analogy

Answer 1

comparison of particular qualitites of two otherwise dissimilar things

Question 2

self-evident, accepted as true

Answer 2

axiomatic

Question 3

think over, ponder, consider

Answer 3

cogitate

Question 4

a standard by which something is judged. plural = criteria

Answer 4

criterion

Question 5

the essential or most important aspect

Answer 5

crux

Question 6

infer, figure out by logical reasoning

Answer 6

deduce

Question 7

asserted without proof

Answer 7

dogmatic

Question 8

intentionally misleading, deceptive, based on a fallacy

Answer 8

fallacious

Question 9

prone to error, liable to be mistaken

Answer 9

fallible

Question 10

self-contradictory, but with a possibility of truth

Answer 10

paradoxical

Question 11

seemingly true, could be true (but you don’t know for sure)

Answer 11

plausible

Question 12

clever but deceptive reasoning

Answer 12

sophistry

Question 13

incorrect reasoning but seeming at first glance to be correct or genuine

Answer 13

specious

Question 14

capable of being held, maintained, or defended

Answer 14

tenable

Question 15

not defensible, cannot be continued or maintained

Answer 15

untenable