Chapter 2 Flashcards
(29 cards)
Advocate
To provide public support for a person, cause or policy
Apologist
One who argues for a particular, often controversial position
Appease
To yield to demands in order to conciliate
Bolster
To strengthen or support
Buttress
Any strong support, to provide with support or justification
Cajole
To persuade through flattery or coaxing
Circumlocatory
Speaking as if to avoid the subject
Circumscrib
To define the limits of something, often an issue or a problem
Cohensive
Forming a united whole
Conjecture
A guess based on incomplete information
Consensus
General agreement, the generaly held opinion on a matter
Contentious
Causing or likely to provoke an argument
Credulous
Willing to believe
Criteria
Standards by which something is judged or decided
Cursory
Hasty or superficial
Debunk
To expose the fallseness of a belief
Delineate
To describe or portray precisely
Dispel
To drive away, eliminate a rumor, nad feeling or misconception
Disputatious
Fond of having heated arguments, likely to have cause an argument
Elucidate
To make clear
Enticement
Something that attracts or tempts, practicularly because it offers pleasure or advantage
Enumerate
To list one by one
Equivocate
To speak ambiguously so as to avoid commitment
Exhortation
A strong plea, usually through an urgent speech
