Chapter 3

Front 1

analogy

Back 1

likeness in some respects between things otherwise different; similarity; comparison

Front 2

arbitrary

Back 2

autocratic; despotic; tyrannical; proceeding from a whim or fancy

Front 3

arbitrate

Back 3

1. decide a dispute, acting as an arbiter or arbitrator (judge)
2. submit a dispute to arbitration

Front 4

axiom

Back 4

self-evident truth; maxim

Front 5

axiomatic

Back 5

self-evident; universally accepted as true

Front 6

bias

Back 6

opinion formed before there are grounds for it; prejudice; predilection; partiality

Front 7

bigoted

Back 7

intolerant; narrow-minded

Front 8

bigotry

Back 8

views or behavior of a bigot (one intolerantly devoted to one's own beliefs and prejudices); narrow-mindedness; intolerance

Front 9

cogitate

Back 9

think over; consider with care; ponder

Front 10

criterion

Back 10

standard; rule or test for judging

Front 11

crux

Back 11

most important point; essential part

Front 12

deduce

Back 12

derive by reasoning; infer

Front 13

dilemma

Back 13

situation requiring a choice between two equally bad alternatives; perdicament

Front 14

dogmatic

Back 14

asserting opinions as if they were facts; opinionated; asserted without proof

Front 15

eclectic

Back 15

choosing from various sources

Front 16

fallacious

Back 16

based on fallacy (erroneous idea); misleading; deceptive

Front 17

fallible

Back 17

liable to be mistaken

Front 18

heterodox

Back 18

rejecting; regularly accepted beliefs or doctrines; heretical; nonconformist

Front 19

hypothetical

Back 19

supposed; having the characteristics of a hypothesis

Front 20

illusion

Back 20

misleading appearance; false impression; misconception

Front 21

indubitable

Back 21

certain; incontrovertible; indisputable

Front 22

orthodox

Back 22

generally accepted, especially in religion

Front 23

paradoxical

Back 23

having the characteristics of a paradox

Front 24

plausible

Back 24

superficially true or resonable; apparently trustworth

Front 25

perposterous

Back 25

senseless; absurd; irrational

Front 26

rational

Back 26

1. able to think clearly; intelligent; sensible
2. based on reason

Front 27

rationalize

Back 27

invent excuses for ones actions, desires, failures

Front 28

sophistry

Back 28

clever but deceptive reasoning

Front 29

specious

Back 29

apparently resonable, but not really so

Front 30

speculate

Back 30

1. reflect; meditate; conjecture
2. buy or sell with the hope of profiting by price fluctuations

Front 31

tenable

Back 31

capable of being maintained or defended

Front 32

amorphous

Back 32

shapeless; having no definite form; unorganized

Front 33

concave

Back 33

curved inward, creating hollow space

Front 34

contour

Back 34

outline of a shape/figure

Front 35

distort

Back 35

1. twist out of shape
2. change from the true meaning

Front 36

malleable

Back 36

1. capable of being shaped by hammering, as a metal
2. adaptable

Front 37

rotund

Back 37

1. rouned out; plump
2. full-toned

Front 38

sinuous

Back 38

beinding in and out; winding; serpentine

Front 39

symmetrical

Back 39

balanced in arrangement; capable of division by a central line into smaller halves

Front 40

symmetry

Back 40

balance; harmony

Front 41

grave

Back 41

deserving serious attention; weighty; momentous

Front 42

nugatory

Back 42

of little or no value; trifiling; worthless; useless

Front 43

paltry

Back 43

partically worthless; trashy; piddling; petty

Front 44

paramount

Back 44

chief; above others; supreme

Front 45

relevant

Back 45

bearing upon the matter in hand; pertinent

Front 46

coy

Back 46

pretending to be shy

Front 47

demure

Back 47

1. falsely modest or serious; coy
2. grave; prim

Front 48

diffident

Back 48

lacking self-confidence; unduly timid; shy

Front 49

modest

Back 49

not thinking to highly of one's merits; unpertentious; humble

Front 50

modesty

Back 50

freedom from conceit or vanity; unpertentiousness; humility

Front 51

staid

Back 51

of settled; quiet disposition; sedate

Front 52

brazen

Back 52

1. shameless; impudent

Front 53

brazen

Back 53

2. made of brass or bronze

Front 54

egoism

Back 54

excessive concern for oneself; selfishness; conceit

Front 55

ostentatious

Back 55

done to impress others; showy; pretentious

Front 56

overweening

Back 56

thinking too highly of oneself; arrogant; presumptuous

Front 57

pert

Back 57

too free in speech or action; bold; saucy; impertinent

Front 58

vain

Back 58

1. conceited; excessivelt proud or concerned about ones personal appearence or achievements
2. empty; worthless
3. futile

Front 59

vainglorious

Back 59

excessively proud or boastful; elated by vanity

Front 60

vanity

Back 60

condition of being too vain about one's appearance or achievements; conceit