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 |
|---|---|
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |