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 |
|---|---|
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
