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analogy (n.) likeness in some respects between things otherwise different; similarity; comparison arbitrary (adj.) autocratic; despotic; tyrannical; proceeding from a whim or fancy (ant. legitimate) arbitrate (v.) 1. decide a dispute, acting as an arbiter or arbitrator (judge) 2. submit a dispute to arbitration axiom (n.) self-evident truth; moxim axiomatic (adj.) self-evident; universlaly accepted as true bias (n.) opinion formed before there are grounds for it; prejudice; predilection; partiality bigoted (adj.) intoelrant; narrow-minded bigotry (n.) views or behavior of a bigot (one intoleratly devoted to one's own beliefs and prejudices); narrow-mindedness; intolerance cogitate (v.) think overp; consider with care; ponder criterion (n.) standard; rule or test for judging (pl. citeria) crux (n.) most important point; essential part deduce (v.) derive by reasoning; infer dilemma (n.) situation requriring a choice between two equally bad alternatives; predicament dogmatic (adj.) asserting opinions as if they were facts; opinionated; asserted without proof eclectic (adj.) choosing (ideas, methods, etc.) from various sources fallacious (adj.) based on a fallacy (erroeneous idea); misleading; deceptive (ant. sound; valid) fallible (adj.) liable to be mistaken (ant. infallible) heterodox (adj.) rejecting regularly accepted beliefs or doctrines; heretica; nonconformist (ant. orthodox) hypothetical (adj.) supposed; having the characteristics of a hypothesis, a supposition made as a basis for reasoning or research. (If supported by considerable evidence, a hypothesis becomes a theory, and eventually, if no exceptions are found, a law.) illusion (n.) misleading appearance; false impression; misconception indubitable (adj.) certain; incontrovertible; indisputable (ant. questionable; doubtful) orthodox (adj.) generally accepted, especially in religion; conventionalp; approved (ant. heterodox; unorthodox( paradoxical (adj.) having the characterisitcs of a pardox (a self-contradictory statement which may nevertheless be true) plausible (adj.) superficially true or reasonable; apparently trustworthy preposterous (adj.) senseless; absurd; irratonal rational (adj.) 1. able to think cleraly; intelligent; sensible (ant. absurd; irrational) 2. based on reason rationalize (v.) invent excuses for one's actions, desires, failures, etc. sophistry (n.) clever but deceptive reasoning specious (adj.) apparently reasonable, but not really so speculate (v.) 1. reflect; meditate; conjecture 2. buy or sell with the hope of profiting by price fluctuations tenable (adj.) capable of being maintained or defended (ant. untenable)