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
swearto utter or take solemnly (an oath)
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
levityexcessive or unseemly frivolity
seasona time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature
peerone that is of equal standing with another : equal
perditioneternal damnation
omnipotentalmighty
sleazylacking firmness of texture : flimsy