Sophistry is a noun and its definition is a subtly deceptive argument. Here is an example of usage by Carl Henry: "Our professed love of freedom is increasingly shown to be a sophistry that replaces...
A base word is a word that has a prefix or suffix added to it (e.g fix, refix, fixed.) Fix would be the base word. A root word is a word that another word comes out of. "path" is the root word that...