Reasoning Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 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) |
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