GRE Word List

SYLLOGISM

a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")

The meaning of the word syllogism is a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable").

Random words

WordMeaning
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
rarefiedbeing less dense
retractto draw back or in
salineconsisting of or containing salt
ravenousrapacious
exquisitemarked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution
bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
misconductmismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities