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 |
|---|---|
| antiquity | ancient times |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |