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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| stench | stink |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |