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| aberrant |
turning aside from what is natural, right, or true; perverse. [1/2 definitions] |
| absolutist |
one who regards certain ideas as being unconditionally true. [1/3 definitions] |
| absurd |
not at all logical; impossible to be true; ridiculous. [1/2 definitions] |
| accept |
to think of as true or correct. [1/4 definitions] |
| act |
a behavior of pretending to be or to feel something that is not true. [1/9 definitions] |
| actual |
real; true; exact. |
| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| affirm |
to state or declare as true. |
| algae |
organisms that live mainly in the water and make their food through photosynthesis. Algae are different from plants in that they have no true leaves, roots, or stems. Seaweeds are algae. "Algae" is a plural noun; the singular form is "alga." |
| allege |
to say or claim to be true without having proof. |
| although |
used when two parts of a sentence are true but seem to disagree with each other. |
| anteater |
a mammal that uses its long, sticky tongue to eat ants and termites. True anteaters have no teeth, are furry, and live in Central or South America. They are related to armadillos and sloths. Other kinds of mammals that eat ants are also sometimes called anteaters, but they are not related to American anteaters. |
| antelope |
the American pronghorn, an animal that looks like some of the true antelopes but is not closely related. [1/2 definitions] |
| appear |
to be likely to be true or to have happened. [1/5 definitions] |
| artificial |
not true or sincere; pretended. [1/2 definitions] |
| assume |
to think that something is true without knowing the facts or asking about them. |
| authentic |
real, genuine, or true. |
| authoritative |
accepted as correct and true; reliable as a source of information because said or written by an expert or authority. [1/2 definitions] |
| aver |
to assert to be true; affirm. |
| axiomatic |
of, relating to, or resembling an axiom; unquestionably true; self-evident. [1/2 definitions] |
| beg the question |
to assume as true a conclusion to an argument and then present that conclusion as proof. |
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