GRE Word List
SOPHISTRY
subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
The meaning of the word sophistry is subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ancillary | subordinate |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |