Bucket 29 — Persuasion & Argumentation

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Best for: English Précis and Essay. Good arguments are cogent; bad ones are specious, tenuous or glib. 7 words (5 repeats).

1. COGENT (adj.) 🔁

• Urdu: مدلل · clear and convincing · Syn: compelling · Ant: flimsy · Full entry → Bucket 2

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2. ELOQUENT (adj.) 🔁

• Urdu: فصیح و بلیغ · fluent and moving · Syn: articulate · Ant: halting · Full entry → Bucket 2

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3. GLIB (adj.) 🔁

• Urdu: چرب زبان · fluent but shallow · Syn: slick · Ant: sincere · Full entry → Bucket 21

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4. POLEMIC (n.)

• Urdu: مناظرانہ تحریر، شدید تنقیدی بحث
• Meaning: a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
• Syn: diatribe, critique, invective, argument · Ant: praise, eulogy, endorsement, defence
• ✍️ Use: A CSS essay should analyse both sides, not read like a one-sided polemic.
• 🧠 Hook: Greek polemos (war) → war waged with words. Adj: polemical.

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5. RHETORIC (n.)

• Urdu: خطابت، لفاظی، زورِ بیان
• Meaning: the art of persuasive speaking; language that is impressive but insincere
• Syn: oratory, eloquence, bombast, grandiloquence · Ant: substance, action, plain speech
• ✍️ Use: Anti-corruption rhetoric is cheap; prosecutions are the real test.
• 🧠 Hook: rhetor (Greek: orator) → words for show; "a rhetorical question" needs no answer.

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6. SPECIOUS (adj.) 🔁

• Urdu: فریب نظر · plausible but wrong · Syn: misleading · Ant: valid · Full entry → Bucket 12

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7. TENUOUS (adj.) 🔁

• Urdu: کمزور، بے بنیاد · very weak or thin · Syn: flimsy · Ant: solid · Full entry → Bucket 12