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10 Cards in this Set
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Elaborate (v/adj.) |
To add detail to expand; planned with great care; full detail; ornate |
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Principles (n) |
A fundamental/primary/or general law/truth; guiding sense of right/wrong |
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Optimistic (adj.) |
Disposed to take a favorable view of events/conditions; to expect a favorable outcome |
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Dubious (adj.) |
A doubtful quality; questionable; uncertain |
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Tentative (adj.) |
Unsure; uncertain; not definite/positive hesitant |
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Skeptical (adj.) |
An attitude of doubt; showing doubt; questioning |
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Postulate (v/n) |
To make a claim within a debate; an hypothesis advanced as an essentail condition/premise of a train of reasoning |
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Assumption (n) |
The act of taking for granted (usually regarding truth of something); taking possession of someone/thing |
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Theory (n) |
A proposed explanation whose statud is subject to experimentation; system of rules/principles; a guess/ conjective |
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Summarize (v) |
State/express in concise form; give a brief statement of main points |
