Argument Vocabulary

Solid or reliable

• sufficient
• rebuttal
• refute
• sound evidence

guarantee, pledge, or security

• credible
• warrant
• refute
• proposition

a proposition stated for consideration, especially one to be discussed or proved

• counterclaim
• claim
• thesis
• advocate

suggesting something to be considered or accepted

• sound evidence
• support
• proposition
• evaluate

to speak in favor of; support by argument

• advocate
• refute
• counterclaim
• claim

oppose

• credible
• sufficient
• rebuttal
• refute

to provide evidence that opposes or refutes a claim

• support
• sufficient
• rebuttal
• counterclaim

acknowledges other claims

• claim
• counterclaim
• evaluate
• evidence

to provide evidence for; supply with necessary information

• support
• evaluate
• credible
• claim

to judge the importance of; determine the worth

• claim
• support
• counterclaim
• evaluate