GRE Word List
SOPHIST
teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument
The meaning of the word sophist is teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument.
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