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 |
|---|---|
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |