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 |
|---|---|
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| gazette | newspaper |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |