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 |
|---|---|
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |