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
nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
pineany of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals
queerdiffering in some way from what is usual or normal : odd
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
inimitablenot capable of being imitated : matchless
penumbraa space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
dribbleto issue sporadically and in small bits
incorrigibleincapable of being corrected or amended: such as
rubblebroken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total