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Vocab Lesson 5
Vocabulary for Achievement Lesson 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apologist | A person who speaks in defense of a person, an idea, or a position |
| dissuade | To discourage from doing something through persuasion |
| dupe(1) | To take advantage of people by tricking or fooling them |
| dupe(2) | Someone tricked and taken advantage of |
| fallacy(1) | A false belief |
| fallacy(2) | Faulty or illogical reasoning |
| imply | To hint, to suggest indirectly |
| indisputable | Beyond doubt or question, certain |
| infer | To draw a conclusion from evidence |
| red herring | Something that draws attention away from the main issue |
| refute | To prove to be false or invalid, to deny the accuracy or truth of |
| substantiate | to support with evidence |