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11: Lesson 5
Argument and Debate
Term | Definition |
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apologist | (noun) a person who speaks in defense of a person, an idea, or a position |
dissuade | (verb) to discourage from doing something through persuasion |
dupe | (verb) to take advantage of people by tricking or fooling them (noun) Someone tricked and taken advantage of |
fallacy | (noun) a false belief or faulty and illogical reasoning |
imply | (verb) to hint; to suggest indirectly |
indesputable | (adj) beyond doubt or question; certain |
infer | (verb) to draw a conclusion from evidence |
red herring | (noun) something that draws attention away from the main issue |
refute | (verb) to prove to be false or invalid; to deny the accuracy or truth of |
substantiate | (verb) to support with evidence |