Verbs
Buttress
To reinforce/support.
Consensus
A general agreement.
Viable
Capable of working successfully; doable.
Substantiate [verb]
To provide evidence to support something.
Speculate
To form a theory without firm evidence [v].
Denounce
To publicly declare to be wrong/evil.
Dispute
A disagreement/arguent/debate.
Apprehensive
Anxious/fearful about something happening.
Pervasive [adjective]
Spreading widely through unpleasant means [something unpleasant with a strong presence].
Novel
New or unusual in an interesting way [adj].
Impede
To delay or prevent something by obstructing it.
Anecdote
A short/amusing real tale about something.
Dormant
Without movement/almost in suspension.
Eloquent [adjective]
Fluent, persuasive, and intelligent in speaking/writing.
Deference
Humble submission/respect [n].
Reconcile
To make up/restore "friendly relations".
Supplement
Something that completes/enhances something once added.
Arbitrary
Based on randomness/a whim rather than reason.
Ambivalence [noun]
The state of having mixed feelings/ideas about something/someone.
Concede
To admit something is true/valid after first denying it [v].
Refute
To disprove with evidence.
Repression
The restraint, prevention, or inhibition of something.
Tenuous
Very weak/slight.
Analogous [adjective]
Comparable to other things in certain ways.
Verisimilitude
The appearance of being true/real [n].