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Refute
Disprove
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Contemporary
Modern
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Belies
Betray or contradict
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Spurious
Not genuine or authentic
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Argument by Analogy
To argue that because two things are similar, what is true of one must be true of the other
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Ad Hominem
Irrelevant personal attacks intended to discredit an argument
This is a flaw and invalid
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Counterfactual
Something that has not happened but would happen under different circ*mstances
If A is true, then B is true. Used to show that bc B is not true, then A def is not true either
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Value Judgement
Whether something is good or bad based on one’s standards
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Rationale
A set of reasons for a particular belief
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Corollary
Secondary consequence, deduction or inference
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Circular Reasoning
Premise used to support Conclusion is just a repetition of the Conclusion
EX: Girls love flowers. This is true because I’m a girl and I love flowers.
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Equivocation
Ambiguous language used to conceal the truth
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Innate
Natural
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Capricious
Unpredictable change in behavior
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Followed by
X followed by Y. X came before Y.
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Preclude
Prevent from happening
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Ambivalent
Having mixed or contradictory feelings about something
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Equivocal
Ambiguous
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Penultimate
Second to last
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Modicum
Small quanitity of something valuable
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Tacit
Understood without being stated
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Adversarial
Two people opposing each other
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Innocuous
Not harmful or offensive
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Pernicious
Having harmful effect, in gradual way
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Paradox
Self-contradictory statement that seems true at first
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Aggregate
Whole formed by combining several elements
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Extant
Still in existence
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Eccentric
Unconventional, slightly strange
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Imperturbable
Calm and composed
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Vacuous
Showing lack of intelligence
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Adduce
Cite as evidence
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Obstinante
Stubbornly refuse to change
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Consummate
Extremely skilled
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Resolute
Firmly determined
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Elucidate
To clarify
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Confer
To consult / To grant something
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Replete
Full, well supplied
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Incessantly
Constantly, without interruption
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Diatribes
Bitter verbal attack
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Evinced
Indicate, reveal the presence of
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Bereft
Lacking, deprived of
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Dichotomy
Contrast between two things that are represented as opposed
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Disabuse
Persuade someone that an idea/belief is mistaken
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Synthesis
Combine ideas to form theory or system
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Delineate
Define something precisely
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Lament
Mourn / Passionate show of grief or sorrow
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Derisive
Expressing contempt or ridicule
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Whimsical
Playful
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Concern
Relate to, be about
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Renegade
Person who betrays organization / Traitor
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Seldom
Rarely; not often
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Dearth
Scarcity or lack of
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Deleterious
Harmful or damaging
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Artifice
Strategy intended to deceive or trick
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Empirical
Based on experience / observation, not logic or theory
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Underscore
Emphasize
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Paradigm
Typical model / example of something
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Radically
In an extreme way
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Hitherto
Until now or until this point
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Precedent
Earlier event that serves as a guide for the future
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Usurp
Take a position illegally / by force
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Obstinate
Stubborn
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Innocuous
Not harmful
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Conscientiously
In a thorough and moral way
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Recalcitrant
Having a stubborn and uncooperative attitute
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At least as many X as Y
X≥ Y
Ex: At least as many people in LA as SF
There must be at minimum, the same number of people in LA as SF, but there can be more people in LA. But minimum must be equal
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Indignant
Show anger bc of unjust / unworthy
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Amorphous
Lacking structure or focus
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Sovereign
Supreme leader
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Repudiate
Refuse to accept / be associated with
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Expropriate
Take away from its owner
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Salutary
Promoting benefit / improvement
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Expository
Describing an event or detail
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Ethnographic
Describing people and culture
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Imprudent
Unwise
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Rhetoric
Persuasive writing
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Acute
Of severe / intense degree
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Preponderance
Majority / Greater than
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Penchant
Habitual liking or tendency to do something
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Latent
Hidden
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Rectify
To correct / make something right
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Insular
Narrow, close minded
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Pragmatic
Practical, realistic
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Intransigent
Unwilling to change views
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Vagrant
Wanderer
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Vacuous
Mindless
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Dogma
Principles thought of to be true
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Recourse
Source of help in a tough situation
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Ubiquitous
Existing everywhere at once, constantly encountered, widespread and universal
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Jurists
Expert writers in law. Lawyers or judges
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Advent
Arrival of something notable
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