Something that’s “cogent” (KOH-junt) – from the Latin for “to drive together” – is convincing, appealing to the mind or to reason.
Example (as used by Meg Wolitzer in Surrender, Dorothy): “One woman, Adrian Pomerantz, was so intelligent that the professors always lit up when Adrian spoke; her eloquent, cogent analyses forced them not to be lazy, not to repeat themselves.”
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