| Term | Definition |
| Metaphysics | branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of ultimate reality beyond the physical sciences; study of supernatural, transcending material reality |
| Epistemology | study of the nature and basis of knowledge, especially with reference to its limits and validity (What can we really know and how do we know we really know?) |
| Circumspect | exercising all round caution, considering all facts and consequences, seeing all sides of an issue |
| Empathy | compassion, affinity, sympathy, connectedness, synergy |
| Extrapolate | to project or expand known or experienced data into unknown areas |
| Cognizant | being aware of |
| Plethora | flood, overabundance, surplus, glut |
| Dearth | lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity |
| Fallacy | illusion, myth, false belief, error |
| Inference | guess, reasonable conclusion, hypothesis, deduction |
| Nebulous | confused, mixed up, unclear, vague, ambiguous |
| Innocuous | harmless, benign, inoffensive |
| Ramification | consequence, outgrowth, branching out |