Week 7 True/False Flashcards

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Definitive

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Conclusive

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Axiom(n.)

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Self evident rule, truth

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Putative(adj.)

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Commonly accepted

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Precept(n.)

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Rule to live by

Ex: 10 commandments

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Postulate(n.)

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Fact taken to be true (b/c it’s easier that way)

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Premise(n.)

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Assumption used as a basis for a conclusion

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Veracity(n.)

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Truthfulness

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7
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Verisimilitude(n.)

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Similarity to reality

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Apocryphal(adj.)

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Possibly untrue

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9
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Artifice(n.)

A

Clever tricker

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10
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Belie(v.)

A

To give a false impression of

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Contrived(adj.)

A

Artificial

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12
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Delude(v.)

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Deceive

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13
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Delusional(adj.)

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Crazy

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14
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Duplicity(n.)

Duplicitous(adj.)

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Two faced

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Mendacious(adj.)

Mendacity(n.)

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Lying, dishonest

16
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Spurious(adj.)

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Out and out false