weak or flimsy argument

unsupported claim

give reason or excuse

a weak argument

cogent reason

adduce proof, Show argument or evidence

argument, reason, evidence, proof

argue (on or about), dispute, be argumentative, raise objection, reason

poppy head

the spike at end of a staff, the point of spear

to present an argument

be proof (of)

pointed end of spear

lock of hair worn by male Hindus in the middle of the head

bud, especially half-blossomed

bud

non-existence

inevitable, indispensable, unavoidable, necessary, essential, compulsory

flatterer, sycophant

a convincing proof

a convincing proof

a convincing proof

to become an exemplar, to become a precedent