SAT Vocab 2
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- extrapolationReasoning and Knowledge
- An estimate about an unobserved situation made by extending a pattern found in known information.
- presumptionReasoning and Knowledge
- A belief treated as true unless evidence shows otherwise.
- paradoxReasoning and Knowledge
- A statement or situation that seems contradictory but may reveal a truth or a problem in the reasoning.
- synthesisReasoning and Knowledge
- The combination of ideas or information from different sources into a connected whole.
- axiomReasoning and Knowledge
- A basic statement accepted without proof as a starting point within a system of reasoning.
- propositionReasoning and Knowledge
- A statement or claim that can be considered, argued for, or evaluated as true or false.
- deductionReasoning and Knowledge
- A conclusion that follows necessarily from given facts or premises.
- suppositionReasoning and Knowledge
- An idea accepted as true for the purpose of reasoning, even though it has not been proved.
- conjectureReasoning and Knowledge
- An explanation or conclusion that seems possible but has not been established by sufficient evidence.
- tenetReasoning and Knowledge
- A central belief or principle held by a person, group, or school of thought.