Unit 6
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| likeness in some respects between things otherwise different; similarity; comparison | ||
| autocratic; despotic; tyrannical; proceeding from a whim or fancy | ||
| decide a dispute, acting as an arbiter submit a dispute to arbitration | ||
| self-evident truth; maxim | ||
| self-evident; universally accepted as true | ||
| opinion formed before there are grounds for it; prejudice; predilection; partiality | ||
| intolerant; narrow-minded | ||
| views of behavior of a bigot; narrow-mindedness; intolerance | ||
| think over; consider with care; ponder; deliberate | ||
| standard; rule or test for judging | ||
| most important point; essential part | ||
| derive by reasoning; infer | ||
| situation requiring a choice between two equally bad alternatives predicament | ||
| asserting opinions as if they were facts; opinionated; asserted without proof; doctrinaire | ||
| choosing from various sources; selective | ||
| based on a fallacy; misleading; deceptive | ||
| liable to be mistaken | ||
| rejecting regularly accepted beliefs or doctrines; heretical; nonconformist | ||
| supposed; having the characteristics of a hypothesis, a supposition made as a basis for reasoning or research | ||
| misleading appearance; false impression; misconception | ||
| certain; incontrovertible; indisputable | ||
| generally accepted, especially in religion; conventional; approved | ||
| having the characteristics of a self-contraditory statement which may nevertheless be true | ||
| apparently trustworthy; superficially true of reasonable | ||
| senseless; absurd; irrational | ||
| able to think clearly; having the power to reason based on or agreeable to reason; intelligent; sensible; sane | ||
| invent excuses for one's actions, desires, failures, etc. | ||
| clever but deceptive reasoning | ||
| superficially true, reasonable, attractive, or just, but not really so | ||
| reflect; meditate; conjecture buy or sell with the hope of profiting by price fluctuations | ||
| capable of being maintained or defended; defensible | ||
| shapeless; having no definite form; unorganized | ||
| curved inward, creating a hollow space | ||
| outline of a figure | ||
| twist out of shape change from the true meaning | ||
| capable of being shaped by hammering, as a metal adaptable; pliant | ||
| rounded out; plump full-toned | ||
| being in and out; winding; serpentine | ||
| balance in arrangement; capable of division by a central line into similar halves | ||
| balance; harmony | ||
| deserving serious attention; weighty; momentous | ||
| of little or no value; trifling; worthless; useless | ||
| practically worthless; trashy; piddling; petty | ||
| chief; above others; supreme | ||
| bearing upon the matter in hand; pertinent | ||
| pretending to be shy | ||
| falsely modest or serious; coy grave prim | ||
| lacking self-confidence; unduly timid; shy | ||
| not thinking too highly of one's merits; unpretentious; humble | ||
| freedom from conceit or vanity; unpretentiousness; humility | ||
| settled; of quiet disposition; sedate | ||
| shameless; impudent made of brass or bronze | ||
| excessive concern for oneself; arrogant; presumptuous | ||
| too free in speech or action; bold; saucy; impertinent lively; spirited | ||
| conceited; excessively proud or concerned about one's personal appearance or achievements empty; worthless futile | ||
| excessively proud or boastful; elated by vanity | ||
| condition of being too vain about one's appearance or achievements; conceit |