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French vocabulary B2: Believing, doubting, arguing

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Belief, doubt and argument: evidence and certainty, agreeing and disagreeing, claiming, denying and criticising, such as “la croyance”, “les preuves”, “le compromis”, “démentir” and “remettre en question (qqch)”.

94 French words at level B2, with their translation.

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les faits facts (not fiction)
reconnaître (un fait) to acknowledge (a fact)
soutenir (que) to argue (that)
la reconnaissance (d'un fait) recognition (of a fact)
l'argument argument (a reason)
prétendre (que) to claim (that)
démontrer (qqch) to demonstrate (sth)
proposé proposed
proposer (qqch à qqn) to propose (sth to sb)
appuyer (qqn) to back (sb)
rejeter (qqch) to reject (sth)
attribuer (qqch à qqn) to credit (sb with sth)
favoriser (qqch) to favour (sth)
l'accord agreement (between people)
le mérite (reconnaissance) credit (praise)
l'opinion opinion
l'approbation approval
la preuve proof
les preuves evidence
soupçonner to suspect
le camp (groupe opposé) side (opposing group)
le partisan (d'une idée) supporter (of an idea)
fondé well-founded
impliquer (avoir pour conséquence) to imply (as a consequence)
le jugement judgement
justifier to justify
s'avérer (se révéler) to turn out (prove to be)
débattre (de qqch) to debate (sth)
le débat debate
critique critical
les critiques (les reproches) criticism
de façon critique critically
le conflit conflict
le compromis compromise
la foi (croyance profonde) faith (belief)
douter (de qqch) to doubt (sth)
pas sûr (de qqch) unsure (of sth)
le soupçon suspicion (a feeling of doubt)
la croyance belief
la certitude certainty
s'opposer (à qqch) to oppose (sth)
opposé (à qqch) opposed (to sth)
l'objection objection
nier (qqch) to deny (sth)
contester (qqch) to contest (sth)
légitime legitimate
l'hypothèse hypothesis
la conviction conviction
la démonstration (une preuve) demonstration (a proof)
se méfier (de qqch) to beware (of sth)
convaincant convincing
controversé controversial
se quereller to quarrel
incendiaire (propos) inflammatory (words)
attester to attest
découler (de qqch) to stem (from sth)
qui fait autorité authoritative
le défenseur (d'une idée) proponent
crédible believable
la réciproque converse
discutable debatable
simpliste simplistic
faire valoir (un argument) to advance (an argument)
le préjugé prejudice
l'arrangement arrangement (agreement)
désapprouver (qqch) to disapprove (of sth)
la vision du monde worldview
cela dit that said
le cas échéant if applicable
planer (sur qqch) to hang over (sth)
en règle in order (of papers)
le simulacre sham
prendre parti (pour qqn) to take sides (with sb)
faire accroire (qqch à qqn) to make someone believe (sth)
pour être juste to be fair
incertain uncertain
dubitatif doubtful (not certain)
suspecter to suspect
improbable improbable
la suspicion suspicion (distrust)
invraisemblable implausible
concevable conceivable
argumenter to argue (give reasons)
consentir (à qqch) to agree (to sth)
le désaccord disagreement
l'altercation altercation
transiger to compromise (give way a little)
être en contradiction (avec qqch) to conflict (with sth)
avoir une altercation (avec qqn) to have an altercation (with sb)
démentir to deny (a rumour)
discréditer (qqn) to discredit (sb)
émettre une objection (à qqch) to object (to sth)
réfuter (qqch) to refute (sth)
remettre en question (qqch) to question (sth)

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