Vocabulary Unit 5 1. Apologist (noun) 2. Dissuade (verb) 3. Dupe (noun!) 4. Fallacy (noun) 5. Imply (verb) 6. Indisputable (adj.) 7. Infer (verb) 8. Red herring (noun) 9. Refute (verb) 10. Substantiate (verb)

Vocabulary Unit 5 1. Apologist (n) – a person who defends a person, idea, or position The apologist for the striking baseball players argued that they were only asking for their fair share of the wealth they helped to bring in. 2. Dissuade (v) – to discourage from doing something through persuasion The mother tried to dissuade her toddler from screaming in public. 3. Dupe (n) – A person who is tricked and taken advantage of Because he was too trusting, Mel became the dupe of the bullies at school. 4. Fallacy (n) – a false belief; false reasoning It is a fallacy to think the best team will always win.

Vocabulary Unit 5 5. Imply (v) – to hint; to suggest indirectly A frown implies unhappiness or dissatisfaction. 6. Indisputable (adj) – certain; beyond a doubt The indisputable evidence in court established the man’s guilt. 7. Infer (v) – to draw a conclusion from evidence I inferred from her description that her lateness was unavoidable. 8. Red herring (n) – something that draws attention from the main issue The campaign’s focus on the candidate’s likability was a red herring to distract voters away from his lack of experience.

Vocabulary Unit 5 9. Refute (v) – to prove to be false or invalid; to deny the truth or accuracy of With a few well chosen words, she refuted his argument in the essay. 10. Substantiate (v) – to support with evidence Please substantiate the arguments in your paper with statistics and quotations from credible sources.