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 |
|---|---|
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |