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say, assert, hold, maintain, reason, claim, contend: The
defendant argued that he had never met the witness. 6 argue
into or out of. persuade or dissuade, talk out of or into,
prevail upon; convince: I argued him out of sailing to Bermuda
alone. She succeeded in arguing me into going to the tea dance.
argument n. 1 debate, dispute, disagreement, quarrel, controversy,
polemic, wrangle, squabble, tiff, spat, altercation; conflict,
fight, fracas, affray, fray, Donnybrook, feud, Colloq row,
falling-out, scrap, barney: The argument was about who had
invented the wheel. The argument spilt out into the street. 2
point, position, (line of) reasoning, logic, plea, claim,
pleading, assertion, contention, case; defence: His argument
has merit. Arthur's argument falls apart when he brings in the
phlogiston theory.
argumentative
adj. quarrelsome, disputatious, belligerent, combative,
contentious, litigious, disagreeable, testy: Evelyn is
irritable and argumentative.
arise v. 1 rise, get up, stand up, get to one's feet; wake up, get
out of bed, awake: We arose when Lady Spencer entered the room.
I have arisen before dawn all my life. 2 rise, go up, come up,
ascend, climb; mount: The full moon arose in the eastern sky.
3 come up, be brought up, be mentioned, Colloq crop up: The
subject never would have arisen if the waiter hadn't spilt the
wine on me. 4 spring up, begin, start (up), originate, come up,
Colloq crop up: A very unpleasant situation has arisen
regarding the missing funds.
aroma n. 1 smell, odour, fragrance, scent, perfume, savour, bouquet;
redolence: Don't you just love to be awakened by the aroma of
fresh coffee? 2 smell, odour, character, aura, atmosphere,
flavour, hint, suggestion: There is an aroma of dishonesty
about them that I can't quite identify.
aromatic adj. fragrant, spicy, perfumed, savoury, pungent: A most
agreeable scent came from a bowl of aromatic herbs.
around adv. 1 about, approximately, nearly, almost, roughly; circa:
There were around a dozen of us in the place. 2 about,
everywhere, in every direction, on all sides, all over,